Some pictures of the backyard, fishpond, garden, and a tent fort that
Jessica and her friends built
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My daughter and her friends wanted to camp out in the backyard |
So they collected all of the patio chairs and tables, and the folding
picnic table |
Added some extra lumber, some big rocks and a ladder or two |
And covered it with every available blanket and sheet in the house |
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I tried to take a picture of the dogs on the patio, but they were in
the shadows |
Dillon went inside my little studio/chapel/playhouse to get a
better view |
This is Dillon and MacKenzie wrestling on the patio |
This is Dillon and MacKenzie resting on the patio |
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A better shot of Dillon and MacKenzie resting on the patio |
I had a really hard time getting the dogs to sit still for me out in
the sun |
Here they are making a run for it as soon as I put the camera up to my
eye |
Close up of the goldfish pond. The brown fish is named Elizabeth |
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I wish that I had moved the water buckets before I took these shots |
This is the same angle but shows the fish in a feeding frenzy |
I took a few shots of the pond trying to get the mood of the
landscaping |
The sunlight is too bright to really see all the different wood tones
in the deck |
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On the left, you can just begin to see the handmade fence around the
flowers |
The shadows are too dark to see the marigolds in the front flower bed |
You can see the marigolds at the end of the walkway on the right |
It is so nice to sit on this bench in the early morning or late
afternoon |
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The flowers on the shelf over the pond are not real, but they hide the
fence
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This year's garden planted itself, I was too busy, but I am delighted
with the result
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I have morning glories, green beans, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes
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There is also a ton of basil and mint and lots of marigolds and alysum
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The big prickly looking plants on either side are gopher purge
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There is my garden swing at the other end of the walkway
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This is the view from the swing looking towards the compost heap
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The morning glories grow over the trellis bridging the walkway
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The morning glories come in all different shades of blue
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Jarrod sitting on the patio recliner, he moved and got blurry
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Patrick was moving so fast putting up the tent, I never did get a good
shot
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This was a really good shot except for the giant finger in the picture
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This is a shot of the bell pepper plant in the planter behind the
firepit bench
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This a picture of Dillon after his first professional grooming -
nice! |
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