A fresh look inside and out!

Happy June, everyone. We actually have some clouds today moderating the unseasonable heat and bright sunshine that dominated the month of May. It is a refreshing change . . . I am definitely not a sun worshipper!

Anyway, along with the monthly blog background change, my flower beds have been transformed as well. I've managed to keep up with weeding a few of the smaller beds, but all the bigger beds have gotten terribly overgrown. Realizing I was never going to catch up, I got the name of a couple fellows who did some weeding for my friend Kathleen, and they came out today. I handed them the tools and a pitcher of ice water (and at the end, some money, of course), and they handed me beautifully clean flower beds, ready for the addition of a few more flowers and shrubs I picked up recently. Even though there really wasn't room in the budget for a "splurge" like this, it is SUCH a relief to have it done! (Now if I can just keep up with the weeding from here on out....) Before and after.

After.

Before and after.

After weeding, then after planting the "Amethyst in Snow" Centaura, a couple "Goldmound" spirea and a couple "Blue Star" Lithospernum, and a dozen small dahlias. Since this is the first bed you see when you drive up to our house, I was especially glad to see this one ship-shape.

They cleaned up some other areas, too; I'm sure you get the picture.

Back to tails for the end of this post. This morning I took photos of the Three Gulmusketeers' tails. They are quite different than those of Brava's twins, although sired by the same ram. Bronwen's (top) tends more towards a rat tail like her dam's, with wool only the top 1/3, which I don't mind even though it doesn't meet the breed standard's description. Blackberry and Bramble have wool on the top 2/3, although their darker "stripe" makes them look more haired than that.

That's it for now from . . .