Soul crushing?
Whoever said the livin' was easy..LIED!
Yeah, melodramatic I know.
I kind of miss winter. Clean house, shovel snow and cook meals..that's the extent of my home chores.
Summertime consists of non-stop mowing, weeding, brush clearing, etc.
By the time we get things mowed, it's time to start again.
With the additional workload of Michael's project we may never sit down again.
Wait..I take that back. After I dig a trench through the shale, I can sit down while I install the edging! Whee.
Above ground pools are just ugly, but we po' folk will happily take what we can get.
Eventually, we'll have grasses and mounding plants in that mulch field and that spice bush will be moved. This year was all about getting the flippin' plastic down. Good re-use of a ripped winter pool cover, huh?
It definitely chokes out grass and weeds.
The baby ghogs are still here.
In other good, time saving news..
I think the resin lattice will work fine!
Close enough in color, right?
If we ever get the pool area stuff done, I'll post before and afters.
My poor house is suffering from neglect.
It's clean, but getting cluttered.
I hate clutter.
Maybe we'll have a rainy day soon...I can tackle the house then.
3 weeks til the houseguests arrive! ACK!
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| Yet another angry baby garter snake. This one musked me. BLAH! |
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| Our $3 clearance score from Lowes. |
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| New edging..it currently looks like crap! |
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| He looks like a poor, sad shelter dog behind bars. |
LOL on the pool - I have a post scheduled in the near future about that very thing. It'll probably be up this weekend - it's already written :-)
ReplyDeleteDo I smell snake?
love the snake shot :)
ReplyDeleteThat pooch can come for a visit when he ain't got no other place to go. Handsome or beautiful - both work for me.
ReplyDeleteI like the rest of your photos too. The little garter snake was doing his thing - sounds like.
I don't know what to say about the above ground pool. The area around it could be a medieval moat.
Have a nice day. Patty took me out for a drive today. I got to take a bunch of country photos.
Nooooooooooooo! You don't even kinda miss winter!!
ReplyDeleteThe lattice looks to be a perfect match in the picature.
We don't have any kind of pool and would love one, wanted one all my life. Well unless you count the pond we didn't plan that every time it rains, which has been every ding dang day lately, that shows up just to the right of our lovely wine time spot runs over CH's rock border, floods the drive way and threatens to put the wine time place under 2 feet of water. Well then we do have a wading pool.
That little garter snake face, might be angry but it is cute.
Thanks for visiting the new blog Sam. Course I don't think things will be as exciting there as they are here at your place!
I thought the little snake was the one saying, "ack"! LMBO!!! You get the best photos - I swear - I feel like I'm there...
ReplyDelete'cept I'm not helping you with the pool project or house cleaning...
you should fire me. Or - put me with the shelter dog. LOLOLOL
Love it!
;-D robelyn
That "shelter dog" is going to get shipped out to visit Auntie Robelyn if he doesn't stop whining to go swimming. Then I can ship him to Abe for a visit.
ReplyDeleteSpoiled dogs.
oh that voo face!!! sweet!
ReplyDeletelove the baby snake!!! i got 'musked' by a turtle today that i saved from baron's jaws...
Brave woman holding the snake. Not me. No way. I'm not afraid of them, I just don't want to be startled by them and I certainly don't want to ever touch or hold one!
ReplyDeleteLove the flowers you scored at Lowes! And the doggy is so sweet!
I didn't know that snakes could get stinky on command. Learn somethin new every day! Plus, that's a wickedly cool shot of his mouth.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think the damaged pool cover and a weed barrier is genius. Way to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Love the lattice!
I cannot believe wrote you about how I feel. It is funny I was missing winter too for the same reason. LOL
ReplyDeleteOk I would probably not have picked up the snake but you are right your dog looks like he is in jail. Good post. B
I was missing our crazy winter just a few days ago. I spent our snow days reading novels by the wood stove while supper simmered on the stove. Now it is weeding, cleaning, painting the house, and non stop stuff to do. We also have an above ground pool. We decked around it to try and beutify the thing.
ReplyDeletePersonally I LOVE your pool and the lattice is PERFECT. Your landscaping is already looking good. Very serene and you certainly deserve a bit of R&R!
ReplyDeleteI thought that was the garter snake saying ACK! The lattice is a good match. I bet that's a relief. And your edging looks pretty good compared to my broken up stuff. Dang dogs! They've been doing a number on my hostas. You're right, the summer living is not easy but even with the work, it's been nice being outdoors. I'll change my tune when the humidity moves in.
ReplyDeletethe snake looks disembodied. heh heh.
ReplyDeleteGarter & doggy faces GOT me!
ReplyDeleteAloha from Waikiki :)
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Hah! Maybe we should move into a Hawaiian condo together -- perfect weather and no work.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding... every season has it's ups and downs. Love the scabiosa you picked up at Lowes. Beautiful shade of purple.
Nancy, I'm packed and ready...pick you up on the way.
ReplyDeleteMy Gram had a wonderful blue scabiosa..can't seem to find it locally!
i think you oughta teach those ghogs to dig where you're digging...c'mon guys...instead of digging up the flowerbeds...at least help dig the trench!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the little garter yelp...and your dog...beautiful- great LOOK! ha!
wow, Samantha! such interesting photos!
ReplyDeletei really love the baby snake.and the dog!. and...and..
betty :)
OMG! I love your life. It is so dog gone interest.LOL!
ReplyDeletePS...Didn't know snake could do "that". Phew!
I think that might be the first baby garter snake I've ever seen. they're always full grown by the time I encounter them.
ReplyDeleteOK I sure wish I had a pool any kind of pool! Yours looks wonderful. I do not know what musking is so I can only imagine that..yuck! and I love the purple flowers what kind?
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Oh ho, it was so much fun catching up on your blog. You have a lot going on in your life, and, it sounds like you like it that way. I had to laugh at your haircut comment. You know that picture of me on my blog? It was taken yesterday, just after I had about eight inches of my hair cut off. Feels great, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteYou're braver than me holding that snake!!!!!!!!!!!!
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