Spring Projects in the Works ~ Durham Region Photographer

I feel like a great big giant sigh of relief these past few weeks. Now that spring has bloomed and the warmer weather is here I can finally get motivated to do some of the many creative projects I have been hoping to do all winter. My Pinterest addiction was over the top by February as I drooled over pictures of green gardens, waterfalls, flowers and fun craft ideas for the girls. This past week I got to tackle one of the projects for our backyard that I have been hoping to do while Matt opened the pool. We have two maple trees in our backyard that are very difficult to grow grass under. I tried new sod last year and it didn't take, even after careful watering. I decided to put mulch down and make a faux riverbed pathway. I am really enjoying how it turned out so far. We are hoping that the grass fills in around the new garden area and have fenced it off in hopes that the grass seed takes. Fingers crossed.

Last night I let the girls pick out some feeder gold fish to put in their water feature to keep the mosquito population from increasing. They were over joyed and have been checking in on them every chance they can get. We just need a small pump to keep the water circulating and the backyard will be the perfect setting for those long and hazy summer days ahead of us. I can't wait!! My girls are in heaven with all the fresh air after school. Abby finally got up the courage this spring to ride her bike without training wheels and asks us every night after school if she can ride her bike out front. We are hoping to get Madison on her bike too but she hasn't shown much of an interest in it yet.

One of our many backyard bunnies seems to love our new landscaping and even let me creep up to it to take a picture before it hopped slowly off. Our neighborhood is hopping with bunnies these days. I am happy to see that they survived the winter.

Another artistic project from Pinterest is on the go for the backyard and I can hardly wait to add it to the riverbed pathway for something fun that the girls can look at. I will have to share the outcome when it is finished. Painting on slate is surprisingly easy and fun!