Laurels and the shovel

I forgot to mention that right before the 4th we planted a couple laurels.  They were a bit stressed, but seem to be doing well in their new homes.  We can't wait for them to grow up and be visual blockers (we are tired of looking at our plastic burning neighbors).

And while we've been doing all this planting and digging, N got very frustrated with our shovel.  It was a bit bent, so he decided to fix it in his normal "overkill" way. 

These wrench handles were sitting around, leftovers from his metal sculpture class.  I love it when he repurposes stuff!