Hacked Away and That Smell
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 6:28PM 
Well our backyard is almost complete. Tomorrow they fix the eavestroughs. Gone are a lot of my vines that will come back in a couple of years but hey everyone needs to do this every 20 years. LOL It doesn't look as pretty as overgrown but you must cut back for the health of the plant every now and then but 20 years is pushing it. Dennis said but mom I loved the overgrown look. Me too but they did a good job and explained and left it to us why this or that should be cut back. We also couldn't top our cedars as we have a neighbour who thinks we should cut the cedars on his side up to the trunk and we should pay for it. He also thinks they need to be topped off to the fence line. That will certainly kill them. They want to look into our yard and have told us that. We rather like our privacy. Our nice neighbour on the other side also likes them nice and tall and thick. Lovely to have a neighbour that wants you not to have privacy so they can watch you and wants to kill your cedars that you have had over 20 years. He screamed at our gardeners and they were polite but said no can't do that - so he is busy trying to find someone that will.
Enough with pain in the ahem neighbours and seriously we have tried.
Now on to the smell. I did end up grooming everyone but you see some still not combed out. But I feel good that by 630 - started ay 8 that they were all done. I am tired. It is Dennis' day off so I do his jobs and mine.
Other than our pool side needing a good scrubbing (water is too cold for your hand) the dogs smelt something in the pool. They were leaning over and sniffing the air literally. Nathan looks in and lo and behold a dead mouse and they could smell it through the water. Oh my! I am not afraid of mice unless they jump out of your drawer but I hate to see dead anything. That was fun and the dogs were fascinated.
Dogs are not happy with us destroying their playground. They like to play hide and seek and not much to hide in. They looked miffed but new growth next year dawgies!
Jon's bday (our son that moved out) was today and I am told his girlfriend (they live together) was taking him to the Keg and eating out on the patio. Glad it was warm today. He comes by tomorrow. He is slowly moving things out of the basement. Us, we are going to do our garage - when things die they get placed in the garage. Well, it is time to get rid of it.
Fun but busy day and I also have to get ready for the pups departing. Why is it that when you are supposed to have down time it never works that way?
Dogs are doing tv time with Nathan.
Me, I have 1 more blog and well clean up before bed begins. Hopefully Nathan will tucker the pups out and put them upstairs. Bed is calling. LOL
Reader Comments (3)
Dogs have amazing noses! And you have amazing neighbours...not! That’s creepy. Didn’t know peeping Toms admitted to it.
Lets hope the reason they like looking in your yard is they enjoy watching the wonderful dogs playing......other than that yes it's creepy.
Darlah ,I do not know how you do it.
Just reading what you do in a day makes me tired.
I'm ashamed to say that some days I find my two little ladies a lot of work.
I hope you take your day off each week....Susan
Susan: They don't like dogs. They are strange and demanding. We - well Nathan tries hard with him. He tried to intimidate and bully me one day and I put up with it at first not knowing what to do. I had to shut the door and say enough. They scream at each other terribly and to the grownup kids with windows wide open. I have never heard people fight quite like they do. No one in the neighbourhood will deal with him as he doesn't pay the trades people. When they finish he screams at them and tells them he is not paying as they didn't do the job right. One guy this summer called the police as he refused to pay. I am not sure why he acts this way.