...of gardens and fountains

Marvin has been working really hard the past few weeks, to make our front and back yard beautiful. I think it looks great! First we had the sidewalk from the driveway to the house front widened, then we took the bricks out and he put some decorative landscaping blocks instead, they are heavy, each block weighs 4 lbs! and put some decorative bark on top of the ground. Then he took everything off the area by the driveway, and planted lavender bushes. Looks really nice. He also worked in other areas of the front lawn. We also bought another crape myrtle tree, this one is watermelon red. I hope both myrtles bloom this summer :)

He also worked in the backyard, we got some pepper plants, and my strawberry plant is doing great. Saturday we went to Home Depot and bought a fountain. Marvin made a nice area where the old fountain was, and pout some bricks in a nice pattern and that's where we put the fountain today. It's really nice!

I put some pictures in Facebook, be sure to check the album called My Garden :) I am putting here a couple of pictures too.

In other news, just 15 days for the end of school, it went fast. Marvin will be going to Utah next month for Sandy's birthday and to spend a few days there and see Tristan play soccer.

Happy Birthday to Marty on his 49th birthday today.

May happenings

It seems everybody in my blog world has decided to take a break. Kudos to Sandy, she was the latest poster. I guess it must be the month of May...the weather is nicer, and the outdoors beckon.

Marvin has finished the front of the planter, with the new sidewalk it looks really nice. I will take a picture tomorrow and post it. By the way, he seems to enjoy Facebook, and is getting quite a few friends :)

School is fine, only about a month to go (school is out June 17). The kids did very well this year, they all are good readers/writers. I'm proud of them. One sad note...one of my very first kindergartners, he's now 28, whom I remember very well in a negative way, has become my very first, and I hope last, student that will be going to death row for killing a friend...wow. I knew he was in gangs and had been in jail many times (I had his niece in my class last year, and I still talk to his mother). In the good side, many many of my ex students are now working and leading good lives, some are in college, some are married with children of their own -almost every year now I have in my class children from my old students, that's cool.

This Sunday is Mother's Day in the US. Marv and I will be going down to San Diego and have lunch with Lizzie, it's been a while since we were there, I am looking forward to it. Sandy and family are going to Pocatello, I think Tristan will stay there for a while during his break from school.

The picture above is in honor of mi mama :)