Our Week

This week, we started a front-yard makeover project.

Though beautiful in different seasons, the ornamental plum tree in front of Cora's window has been in decline for years. When we noticed obvious evidence of termites, we called Rigo to have his crew come and remove it.

 We also had them remove two crepe myrtles that never thrived, and the white birch, that also was termite-ridden. We didn't know for sure about the termites here, but after seeing them crawl out of the cut end of the birch, we were glad we'd had it removed.

 Sadly, inside a dead section of the birch was the nest and eggs of the Western Bluebird pair we've enjoyed watching the past few months. I was very sorry to see the smashed eggs, and we haven't seen much of the bluebirds since. But, seeing those crawling termites made it obvious we made the right call.

 Here's our barren front yard now. Stace and I are planning to redo the concrete pathway and add a couple of trees, hopefully by the time summer's over.

 Violet has been asking for a haircut for a weeks now, and on Wednesday we had time to make it happen. We took off more than two inches, making it easier to brush through her curls.

On Thursday, we met up with my friend Jaimie and her younger children, Luke and Presley. It was nice to catch up, and the preschoolers had a good time together.









Later that night, Violet taped together this black piece of cloth and pink bit of felt. She said it was a bow, but not a bow tie, and taped it to her neck.

When I asked her about it, she said she made it to look like a clown's costume, because of her clown/circus birthday party last year.