Puttering

I was puttering today.  No real project work, put a few more rocks in the dry river bed.

Admired the blooming lavender and watched the bees flit in and out of the flowers

Look at this little guy. I think it's a salamander.  Daniel and I found it under a piece of wood. It was no bigger than a dime.  It's little legs made me smile.

This is my next stop.  I call this mound of dirt "the Himalayas" Last year I started digging out a patio and here is where the dirt came to lie.  When I could no longer push the wheelbarrow up the hill I stopped digging.. The patio deserves it's own post, so I won't go into it to much right now, but we have a very cool design for it, we just need some time to get out there and start digging again. As for the "Himalayas" I need to get the weeds out of there so the kids can get up there.  It's one of their favorite parts of the Ugly.  With the arrival of Ratz-putin, (who is still in residence, by the way) I am now paranoid about snakes coming in.  So, all tall weeds have to go sooner rather than later.