Fenced In

This summer, my big project was building a fence. This pic was taken in May, it shows the terraced dirt in the corner of my backyard with no fence. Seeing as we wanted a dog, we needed a fence.
So here is an early stage pic after we put in the posts and rails. On the north side of the yard, one slat at a time.
Start to look good.
I made a retaining wall in the back corner and built the fence there as well. I realized that I needed to continue the fence that far because as soon as I completed the wall, our dog Pepper shot up the wall and chased after the world. Now she is fenced in. I have enjoyed working with bigger equipment this summer as well. I rented an augur for the holes, a Bobcat Loader for removing the dirt, and an Excavator to help my friend eliminate juniper bushes. I understand now why men love big equipment. Beats office work.

What have we been doing all summer?

There will be more posts soon. One thing we did, as we always do, is gather wood for the winter. Here is a pile of White Fir and White Pine before it was split and stacked.
Here is the first new addition to our family. Our dog Pepper. She is friendly and energetic, as most puppies are. She is a mix of Border Collie, Australian Shepherd, and Hound. She is bigger now, but this is when we first brought her to our home.