Travel week

Another busy week with me being in Los Angeles, Austin with a one day break in San Jose between trips. Was glad to get some rest the last 36 hours.

Came back and the first thing the kids told me was that the bunny infestation is now an issue. The bunnies are no longer the cute little grass feeders. They are putting holes in the tomato!

Today was spent in building a planter, thanks to Home Depot and the "build yourself anything" concept that is so prevelant..

We are happy with the end result. It was an ordeal transplanting the tomato and other plants into this planter from the little pots we had them in originaly. Time will tell if they survived the relocation.

The rest of the afternoon was spent photographing the usual suspects.. the little one, blue jays, etc..

The next week is going to be even more interesting..

Backyard fun

This post starts with an apology to Pavan Uncle and Deepti mami!

They visited the kids a few months ago and gave a gift. As is customary in the house, gifts are always opened at a later day. This one went to the garage shelf, thanks to San who doesn't believe in reading what the gift actually is before hiding it from the kids.

We reserve the right to hand over the gifts on days when the kids have to be bribed for something. We run out of bribe gifts and hence this rule! As it so happens, this gift was Christmas trees to be made of cookies which had an expiry date for the frosting and the cookies.

We still let the kids make the cookies with frosting, sprinkles, etc. but instead of eating it, placed it in the backyard..

Now that we have enough critters that visit us every evening and make it practically resemble the Fairyland projected in the latest Snow White movie. The kids and grandparents enjoyed watching the birds and animals come close to us to taste cookies..

It was great to watch them come and devour the decorated cookies, one piece at a time..

We are truly blessed with this 20 foot hedge that defines our backyard that makes any summer evening a pleasant evening!

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