Yard project!

The future fence! So excited to get this started!

The path leading to the top of the hill where the grass is finally growing! We want to cover the path with pea gravel and then put a sitting bench at the top of the hill.

Photos of the backyard on top of the hill. The pile of stone is the fire pit...that will come down and the stones will be used to line the natural garden around the clump of trees in the middle. On the patio and the back of the house the outdoor carpet will come up and we will resurface the patio and possibly extend it to the other side of the fireplace.

I love coming home to the front walk way. I think that this fall or next spring we will be getting more of the Knockout roses to place around the yard. They seem to do really well here. I can not seem to load these pictures right tonight so sorry they are all jumbled...

It is not much right now, but it is home and we are doing what we can to make it nice. Lee has really got the yard to come a loooongg way. Especially the backyard. From a hill of weeds and overgrown bushes to grass! Next is the fence in a couple of weeks and then the rest of the flowers and shrubs to add to the landscaping.

We also decided instead of trying to work the fence around the tree in the middle of the property line and block of the path the neighbors have worn, we would just angle the fence around the tree and leave the path. You see, the elderly lady that lives behind us walks that path to go to her son's house next door. Although the neighbor and we do not see eye to eye about his dog, we did not think that it was right to block off the path and make "Momma" as we call her, walk all the way around the block to get to her son's house. "Momma" broke her leg last year and we actually missed seeing her walk down the path. The grand kids would push her in her wheelchair down the block to the house. It was cute to see her laughing as they zigged and zagged her wheelchair. We are not really "loosing"any property. It is still there. It is just not inside the fence and we are not using it. We will gladly let "Momma" use it. After all, as our neighbor once reminded us, life is difficult enough. If later the new potential owners don't like the way the fence is, we will explain why we did it that way and maybe they will have a little understanding too. If not then they are not deserving of our home.