Spring is here!

So apparently Spring in Bloomington means TONS of rain, and rain that comes all at once. Here's what our back yard looked like just a couple days after we put down grass seed


But, on the plus side, the bulbs we planted last Fall seem to be coming up! And the phlox (the ground cover stuff) has really expanded in our little front garden!

Fall Flowers

A trip to the local WalMart resulted in me bringing back some orange and purple mums for the front walk. The puny shrubs don't really do much for the space, and at least these add some color. I was too cheap to spring for more of them, as much as I'd love to see a big bursting heap of flowers. But it's some progress!

Not sure what we're going to do to hide the plastic downspout extender. But now at least our yard is looking slightly more festive.