In the Garden (or 'careful how you water your dogs...they might grow)...

When we found this house, I was so excited. It was the first place, since I left my parents' house (a long time ago) that I would have space for gardening. We moved into the house a week after a horrendous snow storm, in February.

We had no idea what it would look like in the spring. We were pleasantly surprised when tulips came up...

When the rhododendrons bloomed...we were tickled to find that we had three different colors!

Hubby couldn't wait to cut the grass (we bought the tractor before we moved in...he was so excited). He did a beautiful job (if you don't consider the battle with the moles or the time he set the front hill on fire trying to get rid of the yellow jackets)...(those are great stories for another time)

The little pond thawed and we cleaned out tons of rotten leaves...yuck!

We found all kinds of things growing...we planted some things...some lived...more did not...






This will be our fifth summer in the house on the hill. I still feel like a princess when I come down the stairs each morning...

and like a zoo keeper when I let the dogs out after that.

Last summer, after the pavers finished our drive, we planted a perennial bed and made an herb garden. This year the perennials really took off!

Complete with a place for Princess, our head mouser, to hide!

And of course, Andy cleaned out the pond...

First Linda, then Bill, learned how to drink out of that fancy, raised dog bowl in the perennial bed...

And then they learned to share!

And then Bill learned about the portable water bowl and preferred it, especially when Dad offered it!

Today, while Daddy was at work, Bill tried to get a drink out of the portable drinking bowl...

He tried real hard, but nothing would come out!

Then Dad came home and showed him how to put more water in it...

You didn't even have to tip it over now...and you could invite your friends to drink at the same time!

How cool is that???

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