More Patio Progress

This is how we started things.
It worked well until I noticed a few strange things that, when strung together, spelled
T R O U B L E !
First; there were little muddy footprints on the living room sofa. (Strange, he doesn't like dirty feet.)
Second; lots of muddy mess on the newly erected swing. HUH?

Third; if you notice, there is an herb garden in a window box on the fence behind the swing.
It was a tilted and dug up mess.
The conclusion we arrived at was that Bobby had tried to jump the fence using all of the available furniture and pots as a spring board.
This is really odd because, he is such a home-body and doesn't ever try to dig out or get away.
Well, maybe once when we left the kitchen door and the garage door open at the same time by mistake and he wandered off.
Here are some pots showing off.
I love the bright pink of the Cyclamen.
Since I took this photo (and we've had the escape attempt) I've decided to switch every thing around 180 degrees. We moved the swing to where the table is and the table to where the swing was.
It works just as well.
This is where we eat breakfast and supper every day now.
The next thing we had to change was moving this poor plant!
I'd come out here in the morning and find it mashed flat.
I couldn't figure it out for the longest time.
Then I discovered that the nesting Mourning Doves were using it as a landing strip!
Squishing it every which way, every time. I think they might have built a nest in it sooner or later. Too, too bad.

This is Dauber's BONSAI effort.
He's hung chains from particular branches on this fledgling Japanese Maple.
He thought it was too crowded together at the top, needed more 'air'.

sigh