Yard Work Part 2

This is not the promised pictures of the front yard. We haven't reached that part yet! It has taken longer than we thought to finish up things in the back yard. Yesterday we were out there from 8:30 until 5:00. Well at least Steven was. I had to come in around 3:00 to get the girls clean and dinner started because we were baby sitting for friends at 5:00. So we got the garden tilled, and the back corner cleared out. Here are some pictures.

Here is the best before I could find. You'll have to just concentrate on the top right corner for the before picture part.

Here is the corner now. We are planning on putting the bench back eventually when we decide just what to do with all the space.

This is a shot of all the rocks we found in the corner. It was crazy how many there were. I think they were collected on purpose, but then they got covered over by all the growth back there.

Finally here is a shot of the garden after getting tilled. I can't wait to plant things next year.

Out of Retirement

In my closet there is a pair of shoes that have been very lonely lately. I think they have something like NIKE on the side! They are very nice shoes and while they feel very comfortable when I wear them, I haven't had then on my feet for a long time. Really this is not such a surprise, the bigger news is that they ever made it on my feet in the first place. For a while now I have heard them whisper every now and then when I open the closet. It has been getting louder as I have a pair of pants that are lonely too! They deserve to be worn, but there they sit, collecting dust as I continue to ignore the shoes, and my waist ignores the pants. So today the shoes came out of retirement. I will not mention how long they were on, or how fast they got to go, but they did go. In the end, they made it farther than I thought possible so perhaps things aren't as bad as they seem. Now the trick is to keep the shoes out of retirement, the treats on permanent vacation, and eventually the pants will join the shoes. If you don't hear back, well I might have some great shoes for you!