Weekend Doin's

On Friday, hubby and I decided to clean out the flower bed at the front corner of the house. This is one that we made by removing the grass when we moved here. We had rose bushes and many other perennials in this bed. However, last summer it was neglected. Everything went wild and it was a mess. The roses were like bramble patches and some of the flowers had died out because the weeds choked them to death. So, on Friday we got the young man who helped with last year's renovations to come and give us a hand.

Last night at dusk, I took the photo above. There's still a lot of work to do, but we're thinking of planting some tomatoes, green peppers and leaf lettuce here instead of replanting it as a flower garden. We have made a definite decision yet. The area still needs a lot of work, but at least it doesn't look like a jungle. If we do decide on the vegetable garden, we will have to move the Oriental poppies and the Iris that are planted there. I love homegrown vegetables and wish this area was ten times larger.

Friday night, I noticed out the computer room window that a lovely sunset was beginning to make an appearance. I put the batteries in my camera and headed out the door.

As dusk deepened, so did the beautiful colors in the sunset. What beauty. It was breathtaking and the photos don't really do it justice.

Today the boys wanted to come and play with Dakota. It was a beautiful day, so we went and bought 50 feet of line. We fastened a clip on it so we could fasten it to Dakota's collar. Then we took him to the park across the street to play a game of fetch.

Above are the boys and Grandpa. Seems that Dakota is often behind hubby's legs when I take the shot. Here are the boys. Jordan has the ball in his hand and Dakota is on the lead. He would run after the ball and then bring it back.
Dakota isn't always willing to give up whatever he fetches. Here is Brandon trying to get him to drop the ball.
As we headed for home, Dakota spotted the neighbour's little Pomeranian, who had been barking at him the entire time. They barked at each other through the fence and had lots of fun jumping at each other. One of these days we will take both dogs out to get better acquainted.

I do hope tomorrow is as nice as today. I really wanted to work more on the gardens, but decided since the boys were here that we'd just chill out and have some fun. Hope you're enjoying nice weather as well. I do believe spring has finally arrived. ~Blessings, Mary~