Saturday, April 15, 2017

 Saturday, April 15, 2017

Tonight's picture was taken on Easter of 2005. Mattie was almost three years old and this was his first Easter Egg hunt. It was a cold March day, but Mattie caught on quickly about the art of the hunt and finding eggs. Mattie was pictured with his cousins. 





Quote of the day: Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.  ~ S.D. Gordon

Today was an incredibly long day! We decided to plant flowers on our deck. Fortunately before we went away for Mattie's birthday, I began the clean up process for our deck. Every fall and winter, our deck really gets beat up and debris accumulates on it. 

We shopped for plants, carried them up from our garage to our home, and then had to plant them. Planting alone took four hours and shopping and getting the plants to our doorstep was another three hours. So we were at this for seven hours today. 

While Peter was setting things up for us to plant, I took Sunny for a walk in our neighborhood. Don't these gardens tell you spring is here?!

Here is what our deck looked like before planting. 

While we were planting for hours, Indie was outside on the deck the entire time with us. She just LOVES her outdoor time. Sunny on the other hand, doesn't like going outside and sitting on the deck. We can only conclude that he spent many hours tied up outside with his former owner, and doesn't like it!

This is what our deck looks like now fully planted. 

Peter took some close ups of our flower planters. 

Another close up. We made sure the plants we selected would fill the deck with color. 

The upside down black barrel is one of Mattie's fountains that he made for my birthday. Peter cleans out Mattie's fountains for me every mother's day.