Fall

Talon sent this to me this morning...
It's the tree in our front yard. Isn't it crazy how you can completely miss beautiful things if you are not paying attention?

I'm A Thief

Planting pots are darnet expensive. So I stole two. I stole them from my Mom (surprise Mom!) so I'm not sure if that technically counts as "stealing" per say. I'm sure she doesn't mind...I mean look at what they looked like. I probably saved her a trip to the goodwill box. I gave them a good wash with the hose pipe and then broke out the black paint in our front yard -- the neighbors have got to think we are nuts. I popped some flowers in them and they are looking oh so lovely on our back porch. They are not perfect....they definitely have a lot of "character" but they will do until I decide to upgrade them. Here's to hoping I can keep the plants alive....

Mulch Madness

I hope everyone had the happiest Easter! We sure did! We spent lots of time hanging out...we even got to visit the lake for a little over night stay. It was great to get away but when we woke up Saturday morning the weather wasn't the greatest so we packed it up and headed home. On the way, we decided Saturday would be an excellent day to mulch our beds in the yard. Which then of course lead into tons of other yard related projects including trimming hedges, cutting grass, etc. I told Talon I felt like we were on that show Yard Crashers. Who else is obsessed with HGTV?? You really don't realize how bad these things need to be done until you start doing it. Look how bad the color of this mulch looks.....Tal working hard at it...There are several places near our house where you can buy mulch by trailer loads. This goes way further than the bags you buy at Home Depot or Lowes. We only needed to buy two loads for all of our beds.We have a ways to go before our yard looks as good as the Nazi yard lady up the street but we are getting there. It was a very productive Saturday at the Woods home!