Butterfly book.....

 

Here Ella reads a butterfly book....

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Chalk outline........

 

No crime scene tape is up around the home on Lenmore , Aunt Woodsherry stopped by the other day, here she draws a chalk outline around Malia.

The outline was colored in producing a little patio art.

 

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Dress up....

 

The other morning the girls got dressed up in some princess outfits, while watching Curious George.

Ella is still a little small for this dress, but she'll grow into it.

 

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Compost.....

 

Daddy Dave often brings his work home with him(landscaping) and ends up giving away or replanting discarded bushes. During this occasion daddy Dave used a couple scoops of compost to help give nutrients to the transplanted plants. It seems that some of the seeds in the compost took root, here we have a tomatoe plant and a cucumber or pumpkin plant also. Of course a little weeding around the plants is also needed.

 

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Bed work......

 

What is Malia doing standing behind daddy Dave's truck throwing up a peace sign? Well I don't know why she chose the peace sign but the pine needles was for a project of the day.

This section Of the front yard dosent like to grow grass and the dirt is slowly eroding away, a sort of border was planted and ivy started in hope that it would eventually cover the ground making if a almost maintance free zone.

But to make it a bit more scenic daddy Dave picked up some pine needles to spread out till the ivy takes over.

Here's a road shot more needles are needed but I'll wait till these settle down before I put on a final layer.

 

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Rental progression.....

 

The other day when daddy Dave was working on finishing up a few simple plumbing repairs and the job on hand was done, the water system was pressurized and a new leak was discovered. The problem was it was behind the tile shower wall and the only way to get acces to the pipes was to ether distory the shower or cut through the extirior. Daddy Dave didn't feel like replacing a perfectly good shower so the an access opening was made outside this could be used if future problems arose.

Here's the leak a split copper pipe probably from frozen pipes...

A new section of pex replaced the spent pipe....

Next daddy Dave needed to make that hole in the side of the house disappear. First a peice of pywood was cut to fit and the siding was put back together.

This panel was made to be able to remove if future repairs are needed....

Some flashing was added to prevent leaking......

And a new coat of paint, not seemless but close enough.

 

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Artist...

 

Momma Mandy got out the paint for the girls and put down some freezer paper for the canvas.

Some time was spent on the paper, but as always it tended to end up on the body.

There's a little body art going on here.

 

And Ella copying here sister

 

Time for a little clean up, here Malia starts washing off..

But momma Mandy had a different idea........and out came the hose.......the girls weren't so excited.

 

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