Christmas Trees and Black Eyes

Oh Sandra,that wall is horrendous...What's on their side ??
Glad you have plans to hide it.Perry is looking so content,and he looks so comical with his black eye.Lol. Nice xmas tree too,and a lovely shape...:o)

Your Christmas tree looks lovely...and Perry...well he was really on the trail of something in that garden! lol

Yes, you do have a few leaves to tackle on the weekend. The price we have to pay for having beautiful trees :)

The wall is a challenge and your idea sounds good with the trellis. I guess that will be a project for spring?

Surprised Perry hasn't chewed that glove to shreds yet ... Christmas tree is alovely shape ... you'll be finding pine needles up to June though! Artificial for me these days ( or years) ... what do you think is wrong with your red Rose? Be a shame to have to dig it out. : o (((

What's that awful wall for then Sandra? It definitely needs hiding (or pulling down! lol) :o((
As you work in a GC I'll forgive you for getting, and showing us, a Christmas tree! It's looking really good, hope you manage to keep it going in the future.
As for Perry, well he's just gorgeous and those leaves will still be there whenever you can manage to get around to clearing them. Took advantage of the good weather and did ours today. :o)

Yep all labs have there daft moments,flatcoats do it as well, my lawn takes a terrible battering at times, Perry looks as though he doesn`t agree and his expression says " I`m a good boy really"LOL.
Very nice xmas tree and hope the weather is good to you so you can collect those leaves.
Shame to lose your rose, I think I`d be tempted to cut it right back and see if it improves next year..

Good for Perry! It shows how well he's doing. He's a happy Lab. :-)) Does he do a 'snake' impression on the lawn? I think Henry looks sooooo funny when he does it. lol.

You think your neighbor's wall is bad? You should see my neighbor's place! I'm planning to surreptitiously snap a photo of it & post it. It's full of broken down vehicles and piles of trash.

Perry obviously enjoyed himself :o) That's nice to know he's settled and happy.
You can make some nice leafmould from those leaves :o)

lovely perry sandra, i can just imagine him running round like that as my lab use to do the same thing, so funny, and the clearing up ,well its only dirt isnt it, he sure is worth it :o))

Lovely blog love Perry so pleased he enjoyed himself on the lawn,nice xmas tree.

That awful wall is there, as far as I can tell to support an even uglier perspex roof that runs from the back door to the front of their horrible (and I think illegal) extension. Its not worth complaining because we want to move in a few years time and I don`t want to have any disputes that can ruin our chances of selling.

It would look so much better if it were rendered, then painted. Have they ever seen it from your side ? Perhaps they'd consider paying for the paint if they could see what an eyesore it is! Is Perry looking a bit cleaner today .. lol!

I hope your neighbours will help you to disguise the dreaded breeze blocks . I suggest some Russian Vine! (as you plan to move!) lol

Lovely tree, lovely lab - I envy you!

hat a great looking tree - is it one of the firs that keeps its needles inside well ? After many years of a real tree I finally succumbed to a "pretend" one a couple of years ago purely because hubby's arthritis is too bad for him to carry a potted tree in and out of the house and unpotted ones just don't last at all.

Mind you we got quite a good tree that looks quite like a real one and not plastic-y and it really does look nice when it is groaning from the weight of all my decs on it and with lights etc on it, so it's not as bad as I thought. Just part of the ageing process as far as I am concerned.

Re the wall, I would have thought that the extensions should have had to have a brick exterior to match the rest of the house, as they usually do. It might be worth checking this with your local planning office, because your neighbours may not be building this with proper approval !

You could also try putting a trellis extension on the top of your fence like a lot of people do to grown a climber or two a bit higher.

Best of luck.