June 26, 2004

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  a few pictures:

  
  

  (what you have all been waiting for)

  
  

  

  
  

  The Kitchen Floor – “Dining Room” side

  
  

  (more photos of other side to come later)

  
  

   

  
  

  <– before (that’s the new stove parked there) and during (contractor laying plywood base) –>

  
  

  

  
  

  new floor! so much brighter and cleaner!

  
  

  

  
  

  The Backyard

  
  

  

  
  

  looking toward patio area — new shrubs (arborvitae) and flowerbed next to house, regraded – now it slopes away from the house – and re-seeded section of lawn (and the ubiquitous little yellow sprinkler – we have had very little rain this month)

  
  

  

  
  

  the other side of the backyard – the bamboo grove is in the (eastern) corner – when it grows it will block the view of the big house behind us

  
  

  

  
  

  The Bamboo Grove

  
  

  the east corner of the yard — finally finished!

  
  

  

  
  

  there are 8 bamboo plants here – believe me! you can just make out a few of them in the picture, 4 of them are leafed out and fence-high, they are all growing quickly and making new shoots almost daily

  
  

  the low bench, two solar lights and concrete buddha (sitting on a big slab of native red shale we dug out of the yard) complete the picture. I moved the buddha from the flowerbed on the other side of the house, but we may buy a larger one for this spot in the future

  
  

  

  
  

  another view – Dolly likes this spot, too

  
  

  the bench is low enough for the dogs to easily get up on it,

  
  

  and it is becoming one of her favorite places

  
  

  

  
  

  The Enchanted Forest

  
  

  my personal pet project on the shady northeast side of the yard

  
  

  

  
  

  entrance gate to The Enchanted Forest -

  
  

  patio block pavers under the gate, fragrant evergreen jasmine vines growing on fence…

  
  

  this end of the house is my bedroom — so one side window looks out over the enchanted forest, the other over the patio and the two windows between the new arborvitaes are the windows facing my bed – great view of entire back yard

  
  

  my hammock will hang between the poles, this is also where the trench will be dug for the electricity to the cabana, and the water lines are being hooked up (note the wheelbarrow)

  
  

   

  
  

  two views from the other direction – this is the greenest and nicest lawn in the entire property, too

  
  

  

  
  

  detail of space under the flowering crabapple trees —

  
  

  where a group of forest creatures play drums while two flying pigs dance  

  
  

  the little green plant is a very special one – “umbrella bamboo” (fargesia murieliae) a shade-loving clumping (non-invasive) bamboo that grows with a very graceful weeping silhouette and will get to be about 8 feet tall and wide, completing the private, secluded look of this area

  
  

  

  
  

  There is still a lot to do in the backyard, but since the yard is undergoing such major rennovation, we are dividing it into smaller, more maneagable projects. As you can see, most of this spring’s projects are close to completion in the back. The front yard projects are done for now, but those pictuires will be coming at a later date. Also more pictures to come of the kitchen and other interior stuff, and my patio planter gardens.

  
  

  Oh yeah, and maybe, just maybe, a picture of my new haircut.

  
  

   Have a nice weekend everyone!

  
  

  

  
  

   

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