Yard Update

The backyard is undergoing some major changes this week. Pictures will be forthcoming. I got a little time in the garden today, but there was entirely too much going on with the sick kid for any photography. Plus the yard was a bit hectic, between the contractors pulling down the trees with ropes and chains (after having hacked off the limbs with a machete (yes, a machete) and breaking stones with small hammers. Every single stone has been custom cut to fit the gorgeous sculpture of a wall they've built.

But for now, suffice it to say that in 2 days, we have stone walls and the beginnings of stairs to the 3 doors. Three more trees have been cut down, and 2 trimmed back. Most of the fence is gone. There are tracks laid down where pavers will be laid for walkways and a patio. The grass has been bulldozed. Sadly, I had to mend a broken branch on one of my rose bushes. The sandbox was dented. A tree was gouged. The peas have been decimated, and the corn looks trampled. But we'll soldier on.

After all, the sunlight coming into the back of the house is stunning. And the yard seems bigger somehow, even with a stone wall and a bulldozer and a huge mound of dirt. All of the changes are a little shocking. But that's what this month seems to be about.