planning next year's bulb plantings

When I look at my bulbs in full bloom, I often miss their beauty and instead focus on what I would like to change, and the gaps that should be filled.  But the time to purchase bulbs is in fall, long after any sign of them has disappeared.  So, to make sure I remember where to plant, I am posting these pictures with reminders of what I want to accomplish six months from now.

I enjoy the colours and variety in the front bed - tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths, forget-me-nots, and many more.

This area in the back is quite shady, but that just means the tulips bloom later. 
There is lots of room for more.

Five years ago, I found a bunch of bulbs thrown in a heap behind Veseys Seeds.  They had spent the winter exposed to the elements, and should have been dead, but some had sprouted.  I took some home, planted them, and they have bloomed faithfully ever since.

A ring around each tree fills up with hosta and is mulched with seaweed.  This is a reminder that lots more tulips should go in here.  These tulips, which I planted three years ago, were touted as being very long blooming, but they petered out really quickly.

This raised vegetable bed was built when the trees behind were small.  Now they cast so much shade, I repurposed the bed for tulips and shade perennials.