So now I need to update and catch up again!
  A week or so before we went to Laramie we got a load of Black Forest mulch to put in the flower beds.  We only got the one by the driveway done, on Saturday.  I planted some hens and chicks and some pansies.  Next morning (Sunday) we saw the hens and chicks were dug up and you could clearly see where some dog had been messing around in my flower beds.  We didn't have time to do anything with it because we were on our way to church.
   That afternoon, before I got around to going out and fixing it, our little neighbor boy who has an electric car got stuck behind our car with his front wheels in the flower bed.  I heard some talking and looked out the window to see his mom and dad doing something in the flower bed and dad was chewing his son out.  I went out and told them Tray (the boy's name) did not mess up the flower bed.  His dad didn't seem to believe me at first.  I explained that it was that way in the morning when we left for church and I just hadn't gotten around to getting it fixed.  Tray still got a lecture about staying away from neighbors flower beds.
   So I got it fixed, even though I couldn't remember how I had the hens and chicks arranged the first time but it doesn't really matter.  Still haven't done any more flower beds but here's the one we do have done.

The little tree that was there we straightened up and now it's in full bloom.

The bees seem to really like it and as long as we don't bother them it will be just fine.  They must like the nectar in the flowers.

Quite some time ago, before the Boise Temple closed for renovations I met a sister that used dishes to make yard art.  I asked if I gave her some dishes if she'd make a couple for me.  I got a phone call a couple of days before we left for Laramie and she said she had my yard art done.  I had no idea what she was talking about because I had totally forgotten about it.  As we talked she reminded me who she was and what she did and then I remembered.  Here's what she did. 

 Each of them have a bowl that was Glendella's - the ones with red and green around the edges.  The little yellow bowl with scalloped edges was mine.

After I got them and looked them over I decided it wouldn't be that hard to make them.  She glues them together and then attaches them to re bar.  Clever idea.