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The shrubs need trimming, the siding needs a good power wash, but aren’t those little flowers on the maple trees pretty?.These purple crocuses are out now along with the white ones.. More trimming needed here I see!.

This lilac bush is starting to fill in nicely.Chris decided to rip out this fence around the back of the house last weekend so we can have this big sloping lawn.While he was at it, he threw together this sandbox for Kennedy.

I’m picturing a little path leading down to it and maybe a tire swing?We had to destroy a sad little flower garden when we took the fence down, so I saved the tulips in it and moved them to under one of the maple trees.

I don’t really expect them to bloom this year, but they’re definitely doing much better than I thought they would..

They aren’t selling pansies and other annuals around here yet, but these few in here somehow managed to survive the move and the winter and are blooming like crazy now.Big, grand plans.

Big, grand, expensive plans.So that’s going to have to wait.

I still want to feel all happy and comfy in my kitchen though, so this works for now.. Once we got.the new table in just before Christmas.