in the yard
i found this wooden “boat” on the street in front of a neighbor’s house waiting to be picked up by the trash truck
the minute i saw it, i envisioned it with the tree Will took out of the gutter in the center and flowers on both of its side
so, i convinced Will to help me drag it to our backyard and on saturday after a trip to home depot, we created this tree and flowers boat
yesterday Lily and i made a bark chime for it
after Will cut down a whole bunch of dead branches off the oak and the avocado tree, we took the table and chairs from underneath the awning and moved them out in the yard
it feels much better now
this is the old grill pit that came with the house and was in the middle of the yard
it didn’t function properly so we bought a bunch of succulents, moved the pit to a sunnier part of the yard and created a little succulent garden
happy Buddha
we bought a cocktail tree (meyers and key lime) and planted it in this beautiful pot that came with the house
its blossoms smell heavenly
cocktails coming soon
rosemary, basil and cilantro
we moved our plants to this corner of the yard that always felt empty and not quite right
my old potted orchids are happily growing in the tree
i know many of you are experiencing awful weather right now due to Sandy and i hope you and your loved ones are all safe
Sandy was good to us
she came and went without doing much harm
and she left behind wonderful cool sweater weather
we usually don’t get sweater weather like this this early around here
it’s been nice
we spent almost the whole day in the yard yesterday
cool, chill breeze, no bugs….
i couldn’t ask for anything better
