We spent a lot of time outdoors this weekend, even though it was 115 and fairly high humidity for the desert! We all enjoyed the pool, including Gordan. Saturday he jumped onto my raft from the side of the pool and thought he was going overboard. He was fine, but later in the day, he tried to jump off the raft he was sharing with me, onto the side of the pool deck. The problem was, we were a few feet away from the pool deck and he fell in!! He was under water for a few seconds before I could get to him and pull him up. Its hard to move quickly in the water! He coughed for awhile after that, but otherwise it didn't seem to bother him too much. Whew! That was scary! We got a life vest so he could float in the water with us, but he has to work very hard to keep his head above water. So I solved that by giving him a pool noodle for his front legs. He seemed to enjoy that....
We also bought a small Mexican Fan Palm and planted it ourselves. We struggled a little because it was pretty large for two people. And Todd dug the hole in 115 degrees :) But I'm in love with this little guy! Isn't he so cute?!
While Todd was digging the palm hole, I was pruning the Date Palms (we have two). Now they actually have trunks and are starting to look like real palm trees!
We also bought a couple more ice plants in yellow. These guys are great too... eventually I want to line most of the pool with them.
Close up of the ice plants we planted about a month ago, in purple. So pretty when they bloom during the day. The blooms close every night.
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