Celebrating and being Celebrated

Once in a while, our posts veer off of the home improvement path. Today is such a day. All of the "kids" in our house were asked to write down 3 words/phrases that describe their mom. Here are the survey results:

Ken says his mom is: "Loving, Caring, Generous".

Suzan says her mom is: "Optimistic, A Kid at Heart, Inspiring".

Morgen says her mom is: "Caring, Funky, Always There for Me".

Hayden says his mom is: "Fun, Loving, Awesome".

Another Great Outside Day

Today's predicted rain came only as clouds in the a.m. and then pushed aside to sunny skies, making way for more outside improvements. After a few more fish and plants were added to the pond, the remaining zebra grasses were planted on either side of the pond spillway, and the new little mystery ornamental grasses from Martin were planted by the boulders between the drive and pond.

Ken rough-placed the support beams for the bridge that will be built over the spillway. It only took minutes before the boys got all ninja-like (see photo).

This is a bit late, but THANKS mom and dad for all the Chester clay pots!

Zebra Grass finds a new home

Thank you Dean and Pam for sharing your Zebra grass!
Ken separated and planted it along the edge of the drive by the turn-around (temporary boat and trailer home). Hopefully, within a year or two it will make a nice border.

Out Of Blog Hibernation

Yes indeed, the slackers are back. Blog post slacking that is. With an AMAZING, relaxing vacation behind us (Thank you Wilkersons!!!), a NEW foot on the mend, longer daylight hours and the fact that everything seems to be coming alive out there... we have been delving back into outside improvements.

Today we continued with the mass shrub clipping, staking up the willow trees to improve posture, and power washed the pond chairs. While the power washer was out, Ken decided to push the application envelope and had a bit of fun trying to blast the tent caterpillar nests out of the trees by the deck. It seemed to do the trick on the lower branches. Success report to come.

With a little extra time and the blessing of found scraps, Ken and Hayden built a quick set of stilts. Definitely an acquired walking skill. Success report to come on that as well.
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Happy Spring Everyone!!