Of hobbit feet, spring, and new beginnings

So this weekend we decided to do some springtime pruning of a great big oak tree that lives in the neighbors yard and comes over to visit into ours. It was blocking the sun for our dirt hill and restricting the growth of my dirt. So Jess and I decided to thin it out a little bit and here is the result. Our garbage guys want the stuff stacked and tied in bundles or they wont take it, so it means a little more work for us. Now maybe we can get some grass to overtake the dirt.

We also made a stop in at our local home center to grab a new sprinkler head and decided to pick up a plant for a big empty spot that lives in our front yard. (Used to be a bouganvilla but that had to die..anyone who has stepped on a bouganvilla branch will know why). I am not about to let any chance to have hobbitt feet slip by so here they are...The plant is a Japanese Magnolia; pretty and smells good too.





It looks like we also planted a kid. Chinese Zodiac Sex Voodoo calendar and fetal heart rate mumbo jumbo be damned!! I swear its a boy....but only time will tell. We are scheduled to have a Halloween baby. You cant see it but the word BABY is printed on the first picture. This is so that you will know that it is not a kumquat, pea, raspberry or other such small sized fruit that has taken up residence in your wife's uterus. We got to see the heart beat and that was REALLY COOL.