My ancient yard

We have the most messed up yard on our block. I guess it goes with the 100 year old house we are fixing up. Our sidewalks are so worn that when ever there is a large gush of water, the front yard fills up. Well we had quite a rainstorm a couple of weeks ago and this was what my front yard looked like.

The water reached my front porch this time and it has never done that before. But it was kinda cool to see how fast the water filled up the yard and it only rained for about 15 mins.

And here are my kids playing in the puddles. And yes I have bought them a swimming pool, they sometimes prefer to play in the dirty puddles. Kids like mud more.


In may Brent and I rebuilt our crappy flowerbed that was in the front yard. I planted some flowers knowing that I might move them in the fall, or just rip them out if I don't like them. The gardener at the nursery told me it takes about 5 to 7 years to really develop your flowerbed, and then after that don't ever think your completely done. So I am prepared for that....but what I wasn't prepared for, was this flower (I can't even think of its name). The tag said it was suppose to attract hummingbirds, and instead it is a beehive.

I went to water it and I was seriously attacked by a swarm of bees. They are all over these plants and I only have 3 of them. The part that sucks is that I planted these right by my front porch. So when I'm on the front porch I have bees flying all around.



I like the color and Brent does too, so we think we will move them on the other side of the house. It just scares me when the baby starts heading towards them with a shovel in his hand.