Update on Clark's landscaping project

Here's the latest on the landscaping underway in our backyard....

Clark's quickly developing another favorite hobby:) He's really enjoying this project - he said the other day that he briefly entertained the idea of throwing in the pharmacy towel and landscaping full-time! Must say - he's really good at it:) plus he's the sexiest garden boy I've ever seen! :)

Few weeks ago, all the rocks were finally laid for the path...

Then Clark started filling up the spaces around the rocks with pea gravel and bought these bamboo sheets to cover the plastic fence and give the garden a more rustic feel...

Then he made "flower" beds and the planting started...

This is the latest picture - we now have 4 palms, two other little bushes (Clark needs to come edit these posts and put in relevant information like plant names!) and a strilitzia (hope I spelt that correctly!) aka "bird of paradise". Clark was insistent on a strilitzia somewhere in the garden because it reminds him of home ie. Uitenhage. I think it's a nice idea to put personal touches like that into our garden:) He also started planting some Korean grass (that he doesn't have to mow) on the side of the pic. Next on the project list are the water-feature and the table and chair/outside eating area.

We'll keep you posted:)

A relaxing spa day with a good old friend!

We posted a while ago about Sara discovering that one of her best childhood friends was living in LA. Well...about 2 weekends ago, Sara and Tania decided that they needed to see each other again and that they were also due for some R&R:) So they took themselves off to Indian Wells (near Palm Springs) and spent the entire Sunday at a fancy hotel enjoying a spa day with all the trimmings:)!!!

Here we are just chillin! We drank chamomile tea, some water conconction with mint, melon and some other good stuff, ate dried cranberries and nuts (mmm!), went for a massage, spent the afternoon by the heated pool and had a lovely (healthy - the spa only serves "spa" approved healthy meals) lunch poolside and chatted up a storm!

Tan posing by the pool.

The little massage "huts" around the pool.

Pampering and primping:)

Putting my feet up while Tan dozes off a bit! don't worry - I had a little nap too:) bliss!....

and then we went to the Cheesecake factory afterwards! you gotta throw in a little sinfully sweet stuff after we were so good all day!

A VERY belated birthday celebration!

Clark is turning 30 in September but we celebrated his 29th birthday earlier on this month! You see, Sara's birthday present for Clark last year was a dinner cruise in Marina del Ray harbor. Well, we didn't cash in on the gift certificate and remembered (just in time!) before it expired to book it! So we enjoyed a lovely evening out in the harbor with good food and each other:)

That's our boat - "Horn Blower"

The "birthday" boy with his delicious piece of cheesecake.

Enjoying the experience and the lovely summer breeze and salty air up on deck.

Some really really really wealthy guy's (Clark would know his name if he was posting this! - I'll get him to get back to you!) impressive yaught. You should've seen all the bells and trimmings! including it's own helicopter and landing pad!