I should have taken some photos of the work, because we had plenty to do: I was in the garden at 7:00 a.m., working much belated weed patrol. In the meantime, my son rode the mower for an hour. Front and back done!. When Lee returned home from a morning in the office he completed trim duty (a.k.a.
weed eater) which literally takes twice as long as mowing for our big yard. After that we installed some old shutters around a back window that overlooks our patio (pictures later when the tacky window AC unit is gone--that will be when son number two returns to college in a few weeks:( Next hubby restrung some clothesline and then made his way to mom's house next door to help with installing a big drive-through gate. Here are a few shots of how the new puppy and my youngest spent the afternoon.
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| I'm soooo thirsty! |
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| Both our Springers now prefer flowing water to their water bowl, but until the oldest taught this one, she sputtered and spit more than she drank. |
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| Sugar's favorite way to cool off and relax at the same time. She will stay there for a long time if I'm close by in the garden. |
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| In fact, she NEVER misses a chance to get wet. |
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| Which is why she always looks like this and keeps my deck looking like that! Notice her adopted "Big Momma" characteristically ignoring the "menace" as best she can.( By the way, that window barely showing in the upper left corner now has awesome shutters!!) |
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| Meanwhile---blowing bubbles is always a great way to expend some six-year-old energy! |
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| The overgrown mid-summer garden is apparent in the background. |
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| Too big and tough for anything but next year's seed. |
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| It doesn't look important. Uh, can't I have it? |
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| Fading beauty. |
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| What? Am I in trouble? Again? |
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