Landscaping at last

At long last, we planted some shrubs around the house. They're small but I think they make the house look nicer, and maybe in a few years they'll fill in. The dogs already tore out one of my photinia but we put up a little barrier to keep them out. Hopefully they'll learn quickly to leave them alone! The second picture really shows the sad state of the sidewalks. They're high on the list of things to fix.