This view of the west side of the house shows the honeysuckle in full bloom. This is the third year (I think) and it's the fullest so far. Before looking at the next picture, keep in mind that there's a robin nesting in the upper left quadrant.
The mother robin decided to fly in just as I snapped the picture above. I moved in slowly to catch this view of her perched on the edge of the nest feeding her chicks. Apparently, they just hatched in the last day or two.
Here's the view on the east side of the property. The summer perennials are beginning to show. You have to imagine how it annoys me when our neighbor parks that equipment trailer up against landscaping I did by hand over the course of four years! That used to be a wild jungle of weeds. Most of the time there's a 40 foot motor home next to the trailer too!
Here's a close-up of the rock garden which is further in along the east side of the property. The iris to the top of the picture are past their prime, but these two smaller plants shown here attract butterflies. I can't remember the name of the mossy stuff. If it survives the winter, I keep it. I don't worry too much about the technical names.
Finally, here's a close-up inside one of the hanging baskets on the front porch. You can see three (maybe four) baby house finch chicks huddled together. We had a nesting pair of house finches in our hanging baskets last year, and now this year too!
This view of the west side of the house shows the honeysuckle in full bloom. This is the third year (I think) and it's the fullest so far. Before looking at the next picture, keep in mind that there's a robin nesting in the upper left quadrant.
The mother robin decided to fly in just as I snapped the picture above. I moved in slowly to catch this view of her perched on the edge of the nest feeding her chicks. Apparently, they just hatched in the last day or two.
Here's the view on the east side of the property. The summer perennials are beginning to show. You have to imagine how it annoys me when our neighbor parks that equipment trailer up against landscaping I did by hand over the course of four years! That used to be a wild jungle of weeds. Most of the time there's a 40 foot motor home next to the trailer too!
Here's a close-up of the rock garden which is further in along the east side of the property. The iris to the top of the picture are past their prime, but these two smaller plants shown here attract butterflies. I can't remember the name of the mossy stuff. If it survives the winter, I keep it. I don't worry too much about the technical names.
Finally, here's a close-up inside one of the hanging baskets on the front porch. You can see three (maybe four) baby house finch chicks huddled together. We had a nesting pair of house finches in our hanging baskets last year, and now this year too!
Todd, Mal, Randy, Scott and Brian 
Scott, Brandi and Kaiden
Randy with chameleon "ear-ring"
Khristian playing with Buckeye 
Brian and Kaiden
Matt the professional wing fryer!