Exploring My Own Back Yard

Do you ever feel like just wandering around in your yard?

I love doing it and I am always amazed at the changes that have taken place.

Can Maggie and Lucy play?

Maggie just had surgery, so Bruce and Sophie were out of luck.

Bruce has really scratched the gate up since he arrived last summer.

I used to think I needed a picture perfect yard.

Now I enjoy looking at the pictures of our life here.

We live here.
It's not a magazine shoot.

Yes, the gate needs to be restained.

But the five dogs that run through that gate have so much fun playing together

that I kind of enjoy looking at the gate that way.

Distressed by Bruce.  I told you he was gifted.

The rain came and lasted most of the day.

I sat on the patio with the dogs and just watched.

Piggy and her babies need to be restained, too.

Their pink is all gone.

I'm thinking of using my ASCP on them, too.

Has anyone used it on concrete outdoors?

Magoo power washed the pool equipment fence-

and all the teal stain with it.

He likes watching Mecum Auto Auctions and Breaking Bad 

a lot more than doing his man work around here.

When we built the pool, the builder thought I was insane to want brass covers.
They get so hot and they are heavy.
Just what I needed to keep the dogs from carrying off all the plastic ones.

It took 7 years, but they have the natural patina that I wanted.

The statues are cracked and aged from the extreme heat they're exposed to.

But I like them that way.

Henry liked running around in the rain.

This is a dog who trembles and must be on top of you inside the house.

He's terrified of thunder inside but not outside?

Yes.

That's our boy.

Bruce sniffed the air and listened.

Little Miss Sophie kept an eye on my every move.
And then ...the sun came out.

I'm unsure of what I enjoyed more.