My Yard

Happy Odda!  In the shade!  When I'm out in the yard, she's my tail - has to be next to me, until our Jack Russel, Hooch wants to play.  Then they run and chase each other, play bity face, and tug of war with one of the toys.  Then she comes back to cool off and lay still for awhile. 

Took her in to the groomers for her first groomer bath.  I hope she's being a good girl.  We're having scattered showers today, so I think I'll let her in the house today, so she stays clean for awhile.

My one poppy plant.  Looks like I will have six flowers before it's done.  That's great.  This is the best it has ever looked.  Love the tissue paper thin flower pedals.  So pretty.  I would love to get more plants going.  Maybe it will reseed this year.

My iris plants are blooming later than everyone elses.  Finally got some weeding done!!!!

Love the rich purple colors.  They are so vibrant!

We've been trimming up the limbs on the big pine trees.  I planted two the year we got married (1970) and they must be 40' - 50' tall now.  Sure do like them.  In later years have planted 4 others and they are not as big.  In fact, one, is growing crooked now because a strong wind during a storm uprooted it and we didn't

 get it pulled back.   Now I need to rake up all the pine needles and clean up the old pile of wood that is

for the burn pit.

I was glad to have Steve come help me remove branches, and help to cut them!  This took all afternoon!

Glad it is done,  now just the final clean up!

Moles, dogs and frisbees!

Hooch, our Parsons Jack Russel, and Odda, our Bernese Mt Dog, helped Steve clean up today.  Steve was removing staw bales that had been laid over our septic system so it wouldn't freeze up during last winter, and today was the day to move the straw bales to the burn pile.  Of course the dogs are right there, as moles had camped out all winter under and in the straw bales.  Odda caught and killed one, and Hooch got four or five.  Great hunters they are!!!!!!

They look like they've had a good winter.  Bigger than I thought they would be.  Yuk!

I hope they got all of those little critters.  Don't like them so close to the house.  I see when I mow in the summer that they will dig close to our foundation, but haven't had any in the house.  Late fall we'll get a few mice in the house, but catch them with traps, and then we're done with that.  Hazards of living in the country! 

Our frisbee dog, and his backup.  Odda just runs after Hooch to get her exercise in for the day.  She barks and enjoys the chase.

The Hooch teases her, wanting to play tug o war!  That goes on for awhile, until Hooch decides that he has had enough of Odda playing with him and his frisbee!

It's a cool day with the temperature at 52 degrees F today.  It is suppose to warm up the mid 60's on Monday and Tuesday.  Then we'll all really feel like getting yard work done!.  It was too windy to rake today, but I did rake up some in the front yard yesterday.  I'm dreading all the work that needs to be done in my flower garden area!

See the green grass starting to come?  Won't be long and we'll all be complaining about having to mow the yard so much!

Have a great weekend everyone!