A cold front is moving through and our temps are about 20 degrees below where they’ve been for what feels like forever. It’s raining lightly right now and I’m happily drinking a cup of hot tea in the middle of the afternoon. Tomorrow is the unofficial last day of summer,…
Alright, here’s Part Three…the back yard… When we moved in four years ago, it was literally just rocks and one single tree… Mr. was happy to have a yard, but looked pretty confused about the emptiness of it all… Rocks, rocks & more rocks Oh look! You can see the…
Welcome back for Part Two! OK…Once we took out the Junipers, there was no looking back! We quickly decided to put up a fence (a 6 foot tall fence, none-the-less) to truly establish our space (you might remember in my last post that our yard was used as a walk-through…
Today was a fairly busy day, in a calm sort of way. I woke up before anyone else (even the dogs stayed in bed when I got up!) and decided to have my tea in the front yard. I thought I could just relax, enjoy the sun, the tea and…
With spring officially upon us I find myself remembering how many hours of hard, dirty work it takes to get the yard ready for planting! All winter long, while I’m warm and cozy, hibernating and stuck inside, I fantasize about being in the yard with the sun on my back…
With the time change (and my body’s inability to figure out when to sleep and when to wake) also comes more light and Spring being (officially) in view! HooRay!!! Last weekend we did a little spring cleaning and prepping…and I’m just writing about it now because it was all quite…