Disaster Area

Logging 2012 Style

Once the downed trees were cleared from the roadway they had to be dragged out of the way to be cut up. Here's one of the trees on that sorry journey.

Home Sweet Home

Almost a Month...

Since the last post. Nothing much going on - recovery from back surgery, buying a new house, putting a house up for sale (hence emptying, packing, etc.).

If all goes well, we sign on the dotted line(s) for the new house August 30th - 11 days time.

So back to the grindstone...

Pictures when it's all done and dusted.

Garden Update

With the sprinkler system and the summer heat, the garden is going amazingly well this year. Here are a few shots of the planter box and the very colorful inhabitants...

Here's one of the inhabitants, clinging to a very lovely gerbera daisy...

And a perfect specimen:

And a little frog who was lurking around the corner:

Yard Coming Along...

Got some more planting done in the back yard yesterday. The results so far:

Three Purple Splendor azaleas, a Mexican orange tree, a guava plant and a few ornamental grasses, and the corner isn't looking so bare.

Further round, a couple of Spring Bouquet Viburnum Tinus sit in front of the pyramid dogwood, while two Capistrano rhododendrons and two Hino Crimson azaleas flank the palm tree.

Finally, at the upper left of this picture you can see the paperbark maple tree and the barberry between it and the azaleas.

There's plenty more to plant, but two solid hours planting and weeding was all I could take for one day. One final picture - this crazy ornamental grass:

Yard Done - For Now...

Sunday afternoon a crew from church came round and spread the giant pile of bark mulch around the yard (they also weeded and stuff, which was lovely.) They do this as a fundraiser for our mission trips, so it's a winner all around. Anyway, here are some pix of the yard after all the hard work. Finished for now, but definitely in need of more greenery...

More Yardwork...

Today marks another chapter in yard progress. Several youth group/mission team members are coming round to spread 6 cubic yards of bark mulch. Here it is on my driveway:

While I've been waiting for that I thought I'd go and look for some more plants - just a couple, to feel like that's making progress, too. I was meandering through a local nursery and came upon some reasonably priced baby windmill palm trees, so there they are, flanking the driveway.

Ah, lovely...

More Yard...

Another view of the back yard...

The deck, by the way, is ironwood, a member of the teak/mahogany family, and is apparently what the Atlantic City boardwalk is made of. No splintering or denting - as hard as, well, iron. The facing on the steps is cedar, though.

And a close-up of the palm tree... (and yes, the yard will be mulched, and many other nice shrubs added...)

Yard - Almost There...

Busy lately, but the yard has been almost completed. It's even been put to some use.

Yard Progress - or lack thereof...

Due to the wood for the deck not being here yet, work on the yard has stalled. it shoudl take about a week from wood arrival to complete, but the project is probably about two months behind schedule at this point. Which is only thirteen months better than the Boeing 787.

Meanwhile, here's a picture of the back yard (sort of) with a view of the duck pond behind, which is now filling in nicely as the vegetation takes hold.