Around the yard

After dinner last night: Carl was planting perenials in the front yard, the girls were next door playing outside with the neighbor kids, and Ian was eating bark. I grabbed my camera and took advantage of the lovely evening light.

I'm soaking up our cooler-than-usual Spring.  I'm not quite ready for the 85 degree weather yet (neither is our pool).  The wheat fields are still green and the hostas are incredibly lush.

We've only lived in our house for 6 years so much of our landscaping is very immature.  It's rewarding to finally see some of our yard in bloom!

Ian loves to play with the rocks in the yard.  He alternately fills and empties his bucket with them.

I just never get tired of looking out to the fields.  The wheat is long enough now that when the wind blows it looks like a flowing river.  It can be mezmorizing.

The chives are so pretty right now. I broke down and bought some more veggie plants from the nursery today. They are bigger than the tiny babies that I put out a couple of weeks ago. Fingers crossed they will make it!  I'll do a garden tour once it takes off.

The girls have been somewhat indifferent to the planting thus far. I am hoping that when school is out (in only a couple of weeks- yay!) and when the plants start to take off, this will change.  Ian, on the other hand, is pretty much hands on!  I don't get much done when he is "helping" me.

The dishwasher is broken.  We found a pencil jammed in the filter/pump. No one would fess up.  I have a feeling that the likely culprit is the Littlest.  It won't be until Thursday that a new one will be delivered.  You cannot even imagine how many dirty dishes are piled up on my kitchen counter right now!  Oh how I hate hand washing.  What did housewives of the past do without the modern convience?  With four more days to go and 3 meals a day for 6 people...I may break down myself. It might come to paper plates.