Baby bird!

I'm pretty sure blue jay parents are holding us hostage this weekend.





We secured the little guy for the night. Lots of evil fetal kitties around here

Synchronized snoozing

Sleepy mornings

Elaine Pet Beds

Two paws up from the pups! They are super expensive, but fully washable. You can wash the cover or unzip the actual fluff part and toss all of the foam pieces in the washer and dryer! Or you can just throw the whole thing in at the laundromat. 

Backyard fixing!

We had very diligent supervisors



Is that a bird?



Or a cloud?



So warm in the sun



First we dug a hole in the yard, put a drain in and sunk a sump pump to fix the standing water issue





Next we started leveling things off for our pallet "patio"



Lots of digging in the icky clay soil









Everyone got in on the action! The 3/4 plywood was screwed down to the pallets







Sunshine was sure this stage was built just for her. She likes the way it sounds as she tap dances on it.







 







Started my container gardening off to the side





Time to start planting grass seed



Seriously guys? You think this will keep me out of there?



I now hollar at her at least once a day to get off the grass seed.



Rainy behaves herself!



Then we nailed down some decking boards. The plain plywood bothered me more than I thought it would.



It's not looking to badly! We still need to get rid of all the spare wood out back. It's going out to the campground for us to burn.



The grass seed is actually growing!



 

We need to get an umbrella or something for shade



My tomatoes and cucumber babies. Planted right in the soil bags!



I used some of the grocery store bags for the cucumbers. Here I have giant sunflowers, carrots, and different herbs planted. Hopefully some will actually give us veggies this year. A green thumb I do not have...



 

BF blocked this off this past Monday. It still needs more sand to help set it in place.



We still need to get more sand to set the blocking under the grill.



The drain that goes across the yard. It does a really good job of keeping everything pretty dry.



The water shoots up this pipe and out of the yard at the top of the hill 



The obligatory picture of the outdoor freezer. Yes I am THAT crazy raw feeder...



I think things are shaping up very nicely outside! 

Home Improvements!

Cleaned the garden and put down fresh woodchips. Also got a new garden edging.



I put down a ghetto patio of stones for the trash cans