Martha and Ben celebrated their birthdays by visiting Germany and France. That meant I had the chance to spend time with Mr. Stowe and work on some projects in their yard. This included watering new plants and trying to remove a large tree stump.
At first, I tried splitting the stump with a maul, and then with a sledge hammer and wedge. This was a lot of work without much success. Fortunately, this gave me time to hang out with Mr. Stowe.
One afternoon, I had the chance to visit Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden.
While out for one of my many walks, I saw this sign.
I regularly updated Martha and Ben on Mr. Stowe and how we were getting along together.
Here are some of the hundred plus new plants that I watered daily.
Portland is known for the arts. When I went into town to see a movie, I saw this nice mural.
I continued to work on the stump and to hang out with Mr. Stowe.
I finally got the stump removed.
After getting the stump out, I spent time with Mr. Stowe, then filled the hole back in.
And then it was a short visit with Ben and Martha when they returned, then back to Phoenix.
