It's been a while since I posted an update. We've been in our house for 3 months now - and everything is going pretty nicely! We finally had the fence put in at the beginning of May. We fenced in nearly an acre - so it was a pretty big project (luckily we hired someone else to do it for us!). The dogs LOVE their new big back yard. I've ...   More

It is Spring, right? You could have fooled me. Weather Underground tells me that it is a 51.8º right now - but I'm not sure if I believe that. No, really. It IS Spring. The solstice was more than two weeks ago. And this is what we do in the spring:

... only to wake up the next morning to this:

::Sigh:: My tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant are nearly ...   More

Here's a side view of my house, from the northwest corner. I hung a bluebird house on one of the crabapple trees; I was going to hang the house in the back by the pond, but we have about 10 birdhouses back there already - maybe a new family of birds would like a bit of privacy (as we did!).

I can't wait for them to start budding this spring, though my allergies won't be too happy ...   More

These photos were also taken in February. I'll post new ones once things start turning green this spring.   More

More photos in our back yard. Our shed, with a little creek that drains into the pond. Beautiful pines, gorgeous view.

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From the back yard, with a nice view of the deck:

Another shot of the back of the house, with the pond. Our property line goes back a bit farther than I am standing: Side view of the house, with some ...   More