Flowers, Ponds, and Tax Returns.

I'm always really happy to get my tax return, as it's usually quite a surprise for me since I always forget that I filed for it. ^^' A while ago, after receiving my tax return, I decided to install a waterfall garden into my new house's backyard! I hadn't known how many neighbor cats there were until they destroyed all of the plants and some of the fish. I hadn't known their cats were even into destroying plants until I looked out the window to see my lilies being chewed on...

 I'll upload pictures of our backyard in its former state of glory when I can find it, until then enjoy this picture of my puppies at the time:

We rescued the siblings from a local shelter at 3-4 months old

The front yard, and indeed the entire front of the house, is a blank slate. In the winter especially, it's in a dreary state.

Will hopefully turn into this:

Pardon the cruddy sketch, but you get the idea!

This photo is actually from last winter, although the only difference now is the trellis fencing and gate that's been installed along the shown fence. You can't see it here, but there are areas in front of the house especially for planting flowers. This spring's To Plant List includes the following:

Orange and Giant Sunflowers

Roses <3

White Butterfly Lilies

Tiger Baby Lilies

Not the right kind of Ivy, but it's for the fence

And two or three perennials, we'll see what they have at Home Depot when the time comes