After gathering some supplies at Menard's, Mr. C. (aka Grandpa) and I drove to our daughter's home where the ambitious Grandpa built a much-needed sandbox and filled it with sand for these two sweet grandkids (above). Why?
Because the last time we were there, this is what we saw.
A kid's gotta dig, right?
Grandpa and I are firm believers that every kid needs a sand pile - or at least a sandbox.When our kids were little, we had a dump truck load of sand brought to our home (in the country) and the kids had a blast with that huge mountain of sand. You'd be amazed at how quickly they got that thing flattened out. Our daughter was recalling how they would play in that sand pile for hours on end.
Okay, it wasn't quite that big.
But close.
But close.
We still have a sand pile, though much smaller these days.
This was from the 2014 reunion.
Backyard photos
Lower left includes the ever-present nettle
Upper right is wood violets and silver leaf.
Silver leaf spreads like crazy. I started with 11 leaves.
Now it's everywhere!
More backyard photos,
including my poor old McIntosh apple tree
which froze out in the winter of 2013
There are only a few blossoms on it this year.
This is what happened to my
baby McIntosh apple tree, the one we had planted as a replacement
because our other one was getting old.
And just when it was doing so well. :-((
baby McIntosh apple tree, the one we had planted as a replacement
because our other one was getting old.
And just when it was doing so well. :-((
Have a wonderful Monday, everyone!
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