Random shots of cuteness & yuck

All the above was CUTENESS. Below these words you have the YUCK. This is the pond in our backyard. I was going to be rebuilding it this year until some AC problems in BOTH the house and Suburban took financial priority. When you have sustained temperatures above 90 deg. F. for weeks on end, airconditioning definitely takes priority over backyard beauty. I wish it were not so! Anyhow, since I have to wait until NEXT Spring to rebuild this cesspool (well, it's not quite THAT bad) I decided I'd just overplant it and build some sort of external filter out of a barrel liner I have. I THINK that I can keep it healthy enough for the fish that way but certainly won't have any dramatic falls! So, I can make do for now. Next Spring I'm going to put in a Savio full sized skimmer with UV, a filter falls or bog falls of sort with a nice flow rate for lots of waterfall noise and splash! We'll also be replacing the liner so all the rockwork will have to be redone (yay!). Anyhow, I am excited now for next Spring and happy that I can make do with things the way they are for the time being.

What ARE these flowers?

I'm guessing some sort of Hollyhock??? I should look them up. The leaves and plant are like a hollyhock but I'm not sure about the flower. Not the typical hollyhock flower. I could be wrong. I'm going to research it and I'll let you know unless, of course, you let me know first!

Silliness Grabbed Hold...and wouldn't let go!

I knew it wouldn't be long before they couldn't help themselves. I love it when they act silly together!

My Boy & Girl

Sweet Azriel. He's getting so tall and mature. Can that happen so early???

Ahhhhh...showin' the sibling love! Aren't they so cute?! I wonder if Avi will be as tall in a year (as Az is now)? I love watching them grow and change but yet, a part of me wants them to stay little.

Starting to get silly...can you see it on Avi's face? I can't get them to be serious for too long. That would be asking far too much!

Where is the newest family member?

Is He Here? I see eyeballs...

Here?

Definitely NOT here.

OH...here he is. Jack, our newest member.

Howard Amon Park with Friends

Park Pics from May 14th!

Riding the Sturgeon. Avi is second from the front.

Avi, Az, and little Zeke on the big equipment above.

Az and Kaarsten peering down the tube slide. Not sure why but I'm sure they were up to some game with the other kids.

More Sturgeon Riders!

The woodchip saga from finish to start.

As with all of my little photo stories this, too, begins at the end and ends at the beginning. Enjoy~!

Elisha moves on to greener pastures after he's decided he has enough woodchips on his person.

Liberty, not one to be left alone, crawls after him. Now, Miss Liberty CAN walk but I don't think her walking skills are quite up to the woodchip lot. However, can you imagine how difficult it would be to CRAWL through the woodchips in a dress? Hmmmm. Imagine a buch of adult women doing this. OK, don't. It's just ridiculous. It's late and I'm tired so I'M imagining weird things. YOU don't have to.

Aren't they just TOO cute?