The side of our yard closest to the shed was filled with privets and berry bushes and had a terribly short chain link fence. Last year we took the fence down. The year before we removed the privets and the dead tree.
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Last night Pedar fixed the GoPro to a Frisbee and let Dottie get it. We had so much fun watching her run around the yard with the frisbee in her mouth. She is so damn playful and fun! We love her so much!!
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It is strange moving into a new home and not knowing where things should live. For a while, you just sit things somewhere until you finally have time to feel out where it belongs. I am still just deciding where I want things to live.
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Inspiration. You just never know where it will come from, right? Several years back I saw a picture of Ina Garten's garden with all white hydrangeas. I had a wall of hot pink hydrangeas at our old house, but I loved the idea of a moonlight garden.
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Last night we drove to Winters to spend some time with the sunflowers. It was worth the drive.
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We celebrated Pedar all Father's Day weekend doing all the things he loves! We got up Saturday and rode our bikes to the Farmer's Market. Later in the day, we went to the CSUS Aquatic Center and kayaked.
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I started experimenting with gardening, also known as killing plants, over 15 years ago. I would question the people at the nursery and read a bit about our zone and what plants survive in Sacramento. I also just started noticing what survives around town and the same plants kept turning up. If a plant can live in a parking lot in Sacramento, after 12 days of over 100-degree weather, that plant is a keeper. Buy that one!
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The boys only have six more days of school! Even with school almost complete, the boys had projects and studying to do this weekend. We spent some time helping Erik complete a brochure about his recent trip to Pt. Reyes and Casey studied for a few big tests.
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Our little sister Dagny celebrated a big birthday last week. This year I knew exactly what to get her for her birthday and was excited to make it happen. Last year, after their new pool was completed, she asked me for help choosing plants.
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Yesterday we finally had the Walnut and Sycamore tree in our backyard trimmed. The crew arrived bright and early. We were so excited to finally have this team remove the dead branches and let in some light. We peaked out the dining room window and watched as a huge sycamore branch fell right on the foreman's knee. It was crazy. I ran out with an ice pack. He said he was OK. Pedar and I were worried about him, but we had to go to work. We got a call around 12:30 that the project was done. Unfortunately though, one of the crew had put their foot through the deck, where it had dry-rot. He was OK, but the deck was not.
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Pedar installed a Whole House Fan recently and we love it. We had one at our old house and missed being able to suck out the bad smells and cool off the house at night.
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