Recent happenings in our yard

Here's what's happening in our yard right now...

I was standing on our porch to take this picture. Bob was on the roof, with his leaf blower, because the roof, and the rain gutters were loaded with what you see falling down.

And here he is, blowing off the walks and the flower beds.

Look at it all!  What is it?  It's called Oak Tree Tassels. They form before the acorn grows, and fall off in late Spring. Each one is just a small little fuzzy string, but when you have a lot of oak trees, they make a big mess!

Our oak trees are all in the front yard, but this stuff falls all over the roof, and then blows off it into the back yard as well.
Bob says our oak trees are the gift that keeps on giving.  They give these tassels, lots of shade, acorns in abundance, and then lots of leaves!

We also have things going on in the back yard.  Bob sent me this photo last week shortly after I left for work. 
One of the drawbacks of living in the country is having a drainfield instead of city septic services.  If it goes bad, you have a big fix with a big price tag!  That's what's happening here - an excavator arrived to replace our drainfield.

Here's the area when they finished.  That's the side of our property with Bob's shop on the left.

Here you can see that much of our back yard was torn up, there is also a big path from the road to this area that got messed up because of heavy equipment.  Unfortunately, that tree, which is a nice Maple tree Bob planted years ago has to be cut down as well.  It's roots are causing big issues.  Bob had to take out a big flower bed that was by that tree also.  He's now planning what to do with the new blank slate he has, but I'm afraid in involves a lot of work.