What's Up at the Miller's

 

What a way to start a post, huh? Needless to say, the pictures are all messed up as usual & the story is below.

Jim decided to clear out some of the woods behind our house so that our backyard will seem bigger. Not that we plan on hanging out back there or anything because it is on a significant slope. He’s been working on it for the past month or so and has gotten all the rocks to edge his path off the land. It’s been back-breaking work but Jim loves hard work. He also boxed in an area with chicken wire for me so I can start a mulch pile. If you look closely you’ll see a creepy, gargoyle creature peaking out from inside the tree. I will be splitting some of my perennials--decorative grasses, hostas, ajuga, etc. from our other gardens so he (or probably, me!) can plant them along the path.

I’m also posting a couple of pictures from the garden in front. I bought the 2 bleeding hearts last year towards the end of the season, planted them and they immediately proceeded to die. I was disappointed because I never had a bleeding heart before & I was looking forward to them growing and covering the pipes from the sprinkler system. When I saw them come back this spring I was thrilled! There’s a picture of my front porch decorated with potted grape & pink hyacinths. And there’s a picture of a frog giving his/her friend a piggy back ride. Jim said they are different colors because one is a youngster. I guess that'd make the older one a cougar...whatever…they didn’t look very happy to me – not that I know what a happy frog looks like.

And finally, a picture of Jessica with the beautiful lemon-raspberry cake she made for Easter and the coconut cake I made.

I’m happy to report that I’ll finally get new carpeting in the family room. We’ll been in the house 4 years come June and I’ve always hated the Berber carpet in there. We’re getting a pretty good tax return that will come in handy....