Apparently the Great Aussie Dream is to own your home. Well that dream is a long way from realisation for us. But the nice people at the Commonwealth Bank have got this amazing deal where they charge only $2000/month and after 30 years all your Aussie Dreams come true. Of course we signed up and now have only 28 years to go! When we first got on board our dream included a beautifully landscaped backyard with shade and lots of grass for dogs and the inevitable offspring to play on. But it seems that a blank canvas doesn't autonomously sprout lovely shade trees, pretty flowers and manicured hedges. So over the last few weeks we've been putting in some work in the back yard (actually it's been mostly Matt and a couple of paid fencing contractors). We now have a new fence on the western side and the dog yard has been moved to a more discreet corner at the back.
The old fence comes down. The boys found four baby brown snakes during this process!!
Matt starts to dismantle the old dog yard and move the garden shed up the back. Not sure why his orange undies needed to be hanging from the tap.
We also have a very impressive garden bed on the eastern side. Today Ben and I planted some Murrayas in the garden bed with the hope that we will have a big leafy border within a couple of years. Two more garden beds are close to completion- thanks mostly to Matt's handy work with some old metal that was left in our backyard by the previous neighbour. Ben has really enjoyed helping Matt with the garden.
Mojo, Bella and Ben check out the new garden bed and Ben finds some kind of tasty treasure.
Bella displays her impressive volumes of patience and tolerance.
The dogs have had fun too - helping us dig was their favourite bit. I gotta say that the dogs behaved like a pair of prise winners around Ben. Ben has been climbing all over them, putting his hands in their mouths and pulling their fur. They don't even blink an eye. This from two pooches that are VERY boisterous most of the time. Maybe they're growing up, or maybe they just have some kind of sixth sense about babies!
Matt surveys his handy work while three workers wait at the door for their dinner.
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