Green thumbs and blue skies are making
for many happy hours
in my garden. After 24 years I am overhauling parts
of it once more, and hopefully for the LAST time.
If you click on my sidebar pic of my yard
you can see it as it was in 2010.
I realized I've never really shown
the two largest beds?
Wait for it, they're coming.
I'm adding a huge used brick patio
and pergola and redoing all the beds
which had begun to look sad and done in.
I've got tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, parsley
and basil going so far, plan to do more.
The brick walkway runs along
the north side of the house
and I have concentrated the majority of vintage pieces
and small pots all along here.
I had a huge pile of giveaways that
my friend Paula came and rescued.
They filled her car. Yay!
Years ago she had said "IF you ever get rid of
backyard stuff I want first dibs."
Nearly everything out here I've had over 25 years,
and it has "aged" thru sun, rain and snow.
It's all a bit compacted. We'll see if this works or
perhaps more will go.
The brick topped table you see with
the granite bowl sitting on
it is my potting bench. The bowl is for
the throwaway bits as I plant.
The lidded box holds tools and such.
My aloe you see here is an example of sad.
It was in the ground and looking so pathetic,
so I'm giving it one more chance at life.
Cindy, I ended up with one of the skulls...See?
The trunk is from our beloved ash tree we had to cut down
in the front yard. I have photos of each first day of school
with the kids standing in front of the tree.
I had to save a part of it.
The other part is under the sundial
in second photo.
This is the keeper pile I am moving
around the side of house until
we are done with the beds and patio.
This is the condition currently of the back bed.
I've ripped out 85% over the past 2 days.
I hope to finish today. All the "keeper" pile stuff was
once along here. Howie rubs against and under all
the bushes and then scratches for hours in the evening.
Making him wear his sweater stops most of it.
I had planned to paint the walls
but the cost of that threw me way over budget,
and I'm not up to it to do myself just now.
Once the beds are simple and clean I can go back
in and do it later, or not.
I've been absent for some time.
I just could not deal with the
mess of our government on here,
and the rest seemed too trivial for me.
I preferred to take action,
make calls, donate and write letters
rather than just vent out to the universe.
I have set goals for myself of how much to do
each day to stand up and take action.
I will not be silenced, I'm just choosing
to directly impact if I can.
This has made me feel better, and
now I can enjoy once more the simple
days I prefer. I've gone through
another author's complete series
in the past two weeks.
Elizabeth George.
Started Friday on the complete
series by Deborah Crombie.
I'm on my fourth.
I'm still searching for another Robert B Parker.
Sadly there is no one so far for me.
Wishing you blue skies
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