Disaster, WIPs , Claws, Overgrown Bushes, and Trees

Thanks for your get well wishes and nice comments on my previous post. I still am not feeling great but I'm on the mend and that feels wonderful!

It was over ninety-three degrees yesterday, and a lot of our area suffered from hideous fires and heartbreaking loss. My heart goes out to those who lost their homes in the fire.



It's hard to imagine the fury, loss, temperature, and weather created by these huge fires we have been experiencing each year in the area.

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On a completely different note, an update on stitching, our dog, some overgrown bushes, and a huge tree:


Last time I posted a picture of my sampler, it looked like this:



I stitched a bit today and here are some photos of how it looks now:





And our cat Sassy enjoying the piece again:


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Last week our dog Eddie hurt his paw and had to go to the vet. It seemed his dewclaw was injured and he was in great pain. The vet had to remove it, as it was barely in place. Our dog is 80 lbs, but he's known at the vet for his dramatics.

Here he is, after going to the vet and having his paw wrapped:


As our daughter says, in the photo above you can see Eddie wincing from the camera's flash. He is so, so ultra dramatic!

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Awhile back I shared some photos here of a fence corner (I can't get the link to work after about six tries, but I talked about the fence corner on August 4 of this year!) that we were in the process of renovating, so to speak. Last weekend we continued on our quest for improvement, and we had the juniper shrubs removed.

Here's a 'before' of that corner. This is a major 'before' (I'm embarrassed of this look in our own yard!), even before the new fence:





Finally, here is the same area after we had the old junipers removed, along with the new fence:





Now we have to get going on some planting! What should we plant there? All suggestions are welcome, so please leave a comment on your ideas. The area gets full sun, and it's hot here in the summer.
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Thanks for stopping by today! Please give me some suggestions on some plants for the back corner. We want something tall that will give us privacy. :)