All in a good day's work....

Fall is in the air...even when the sun shines, in the mornings there is dew everywhere and you can almost smell the crisp air. Most years we have grand plans of what we should do outside before winter comes, but either we are busy on the weekends when the weather cooperates or it rains when we could actually be working outside.

This last Saturday however everything lined up and we were able to rent a pick up and tackle our flowerbeds. The grass took a huge beating with our hot, dry summer(watering restrictions meant you weren't allowed to water lawns, wash cars or a host of other activities that included water) but everything else enjoyed the summer sunshine.

Three pick-up loads of bark mulch later, and hours, and hours of pulling weeds, trimming bushes, shovelling and levelling out bark mulch later, we were thrilled with how the front beds looked!! Our little gardener is still there beside the roses for a few more weeks since they will bloom for while yet too, but other than that, we are ready for winter.

Dave also picked up a load of lava rock so we could replenish the supply on our path along the side of the house and into the back yard!(it had been 11 years afterall since we first built it!) Re-placing all the paving stones took some work but now it all looks very inviting....why don't you stop by some day and come take a look?

We were exhausted but felt good about all that we had accomplished in a good day's work!