Fall nights in the yard

We don't use our yard half as much as we should--the other night we cooked dinner outside (brats) and then had a fire and marshmallows (ok, s,mores)-it reminded us to spend more time on the patio this fall!

 This is what happens when the dog is an idiot and rips the screen (again) and the cat is too dumb to not go out...luckily Alice the Cat has gained weight and won't fit through the baby gate slats anymore.

Ooooh...it looks so pretty (well, if you ignore the pieces of pallet).

 I can't remember if I blogged about this or posted it on Facebook, but in any case, we had a bunch of pallets left from various yard projects.  Mr IM tore up a couple for firewood (that, along with last year's Christmas tree should hold us for a few nights) and built a bar/buffet as well as this project on the left.  We're going to plant in it come spring and probably try to train the roses to climb it--it covers up one of the electrical boxes.  Box #2 will probably get its own fake rock cover some day.

 This shows off not only the new patio, but my wildflowers (not weeds!) and my clearance rack umbrella for the bistro set.  As Mr. IM says, "there were reasons it was in the clearance rack"...but it is pretty here!

 Waiting for dinner...

 Watching the sunset...ahhh...

 Mmmmm...brats and homemade potato salad.  I need to make potato salad more often.  Yum!

 Is it starting to cool off or is she showing off her new GoLite jacket?  Hard to tell...

Indy Dog stayed inside, happily taking a nap.

 Dinner is over, fire going...final bits of sunset in distance, pretty lights on.

 Must be time for S'mores!

Ahhh.....We should do this more often!






In related news, the (Sub) Urban Ranch is currently taking reservations for the Fall/Thanksgiving/Christmas season!