More Landscaping Pictures

The first bath went well, but I may need to add some kind of back splash. This dog bath was a half price bargain. It had some flaws showing on the outside but our dogs don't seem to care. It is intended to be portable for outside use with a hose but we did a permanent installation in the garage.

Monthly Update

We made a big effort to get as many plants into the ground as possible prior to the onset of the Summer heat. There were a few very hot days late in May but we have had great weather for planting in June. Most days start with cool, overcast skies in the morning and any heat has come late in the day. Lynna had me use the tractor to till some beds. First I broke up the clay, then tilled in compost & finally a 3rd tilling to mix in coarse sand. The pure compost pile is gone now and only a small amount of sand and 50/50 compost & soil remains. I still haven't tilled my garden plot, but managed to find places for lots of vegetables in the beds I made for Lynna.

I cut, finished & installed the wood wrap on our Family Room & Master Bedroom windows then hung the blinds Lynna Lynna picked out. The blinds really help to keep the house cool on hot days & look much better than the cardboard we had been using!

When we framed the house, I had installed the ports for Lynna's built in vacuum. Recently, I spent a few days to complete the installation. I hung the new vacuum motor unit in the garage, then crawled around under the house hooking up all the piping to each port & brought the pipe out into the garage. Everything went smoothly & I managed to bring the pipe out into the garage perfectly in line with the Bonus Room pipe and Motor outlet.

Lynna wanted a dog bathing station in the garage. We found a unit that would work but Sonny is getting old & she thought a ramp would help, so I built one for her from scrap wood. I beveled the frame ends to fit & anchored the ramp to the tub with a pin. We tried the ramp out with both dogs & Sonny caught on right away. He was soon trotting up & down, showing a big smile & lots of tail wagging, but Peaches was wary & didn't trust the ramp. She preferred to just jump up over the side into the tub to get a treat. Only after much training was I able to get her to jump up from the end & put 1 foot down on the top of the ramp as she flew past. Oh well!