As you will see in our gallery, the trumpet vine has lifted and damaged the eaves troughs so we called a placed referred to us. Here the dogs are lazing outdoors between their work.
We cringe around here when things have to be repaired especially when someone says they are cheap. Well, it turns out they do hedges, garden cleanup etc. They gave us a quote dirt cheap (half what we paid in the past) to even out our hedges and they threw in the eaves trough repair minus parts of the eaves troughs for free. He even shaped my Japanese maple. Then they surprised us with weeding our walkway for FREE. They are back tomorrow between puppy visits to top off the hedge and repair the eaves trough. He won't know the parts till he gets up there and as we have a walkout, they need an extra tall ladder. But we are mighty impressed and would refer them to anyone in a heartbeat.
Well, other than the dogs only being able to go out during their breaks and of course after they go home, we had running sessions indoors and the dogs managed to have great fun. They also enjoyed lazing outdoors. It was Nathan's day off.
Our pool heater is truly dead and Sunday is supposed to be 30c but it will have to wait till April to be repaired. Oh well. Gives us time to save up and maybe get an early spring deal. We won't talk about the dentist and we worry about little boarding due to covid but the dogs lighten your soul and water will no longer pour on our windows from the eaves troughs.
They will be pulling down the trumpet vines but they will grow again and we will have to cut them back when they start heading to where they create damage. You can't get rid of trumpet vines but we won't have flowers next year - oh well. I will miss the lovely trumpets this fall and next year but a small price to pay, I say. The work they did today was really wonderful. I wish I could afford them doing the entire garden but maybe next spring, covid will be over. People will be travelling and we will be boarding so these things can be considered. Here is hoping.
Dusty arrived today and so did Harlow. We so appreciate the visitors. Here's to the weekend, puppy visitors, lovely families getting time with their puppies, dog visits and all that it brings. Time to snuggle with the dogs.