Busy Weekend

An article by Rachel    1 Comment

I blame the nice weather for all the work going on around here. It makes me feel like I can do anything. Really the work start a week ago. On a whim I suggested to Ross that we should hang the storm door that has been sitting in the garage all Winter. With out thinking too hard he took me up on the offer, and before I knew it I was at Lowes buying some screws. See the nice door:

It took less time than either one of us anticipated. Lesson learned: don’t postpone easy home improvement projects. Of course installing the door led to cleaning the porch, and planning the upcoming weekend.

So yesterday the fun continued with yard cleanup. I really have to credit Ross with most of this effort. While I was out enjoying myself, he was home raking the lawn and cutting up stray tree branches. In the backyard, we decided to rid ourselves of this cedar tree.

And replace it with this lilac bush. Don’t let its small size deceive you. If this bush actually lives and flourishes, it will more than take over this site.

Time to move on to the front yard. In front of our porch we have 2 flower beds. When we bought the house they contained a few plants that all died over the winter. So much for hardy plants. Right now we are undecided on long-term plants. For the time being we planted a variety of annuals with a few perennial. There are a couple of lavender plants tucked in there. I think they got cropped from both pictures. Now we just hope that the weather cooperates. No more snow. Just rain. Ross planted this bed.

I planted this bed.

After we wrapped up the work for the day, we enjoyed dinner on our new bistro patio set.

Next Saturday, we’ll return our attention to the backyard.