@gingerw I LOVE your rock story! I have various landscape rocks and boulders around the yard - many of which have storiesbehind them. This year, as I have been renovating beds, I have moved many to show them off a little more. My daughters still love to come and rearrange the rocks around my little pond - it takes all summer of moving this one and that one until they are "just right". Then comes winter, they are all piled off the the side to cover the pond, and we get to start all over in April. It's hard to tell my grandsons not to touch Grandma's rocks when they see Mom & Auntie moving them. The littlest guy figured out yesterday that they make a fun splash when he drops them into the pond. It was so fun to watch his gleeful reaction that it was hard to tell him to stop.

And the big guy planted his first garden yesterday - I have a stump we are letting rot in place, and it gets planted with marigolds to make a bright spot in the lawn. Yesterday he got to help auntie plant them, then use the hose all by himself to water them. There were extras, so he got to plant a pot to take home - where he has his own watering can to keep them watered - if he doesn't drown the poor things!

Today I am marking all the plants I moved around this past week, and trying to identify a few "mystery" ones - some volunteers, some gifts...some will forever remain unknown, I fear. And moving some of my garden art as well. Attached are before and after shots of my garden buddy "Bearly" who watches over my plants in the back shade garden. He got a facelift last weekend when I took a break from digging to paint him.

Happy rock planting!
Sue