Outdoor chores (Aug)

It never ends with this house!  If it's not one thing, it's another. And it comes in waves, or wind storms.  Ha!  Like how this branch ended up on our roof.  Thankfully, it didn't break any of our skylights!

And aren't bugs suppose to stay outside and not get inside??! Ewww...!!

I really wanted some heavy duty/sturdy metal ones, but for this year, we are going with whatever that can just organize some of these plants:

Can't really tell that they are plastic, can you??!

I haven't been spending as much time now in the yard as before.  I'm behind on so much trimming!

Thankfully, Graham still likes to put stuff together:

A new arbor for a pathway.  Hopefully the vine I bought will grow on it:

Well, I looked at the vine today and there are no leaves on it.  Oops!! Maybe it will come back next year???

I finally put up the other section of outdoor lights.  These were suppose to go up like a year ago. LOL!

And all the way down the side steps:  

Boys can't complain now that it's dark outside when I need them to throw out the trash.  Ha!  I did actually buy a new planter and was going to reroute the lights a bit on the back deck. And somehow, the planter ended up in our bedroom - right next to my bedside no less. I am still trying to figure out who the culprit is - playing a joke on Mommy with my projects!

The log splitter definitely came in very handy this summer:

We should have plenty of firewood for this winter to burn in our fireplace inside :-D

I was walking back to the house one day from one of our "islands". And while crossing a bridge, I noticed the beautiful sunset:

Love this place!!