Yesterday when I got home the low wall forming our front courtyard was more than half completed. The stone masons are back this morning finishing up. What a wonderful job they are doing! The stone we chose is a multi sized cultured stone, pinkish sandstone colour with dark mortar. They will cap it with a long sheet of angelstone. This was something that was in the original 1957 house blueprints and we decided to add it into our landscaping renovations.
Scott arrives this afternoon with a transport of topsoil to spread on the backyard around the deck and pond so we can plant grass seed. Then EVERYTHING will be DONE.
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Connecting Our Extended Families
THe wall looks beautiful. Too bad Ian is only going to be at my place for one evening. He arrives at 8pm on Tuesday and then he is off to his conference. Otherwise I would have suggested that we drive down for a brew on the deck, Shiraz in the courtyard and an Irish coffee by the firepit.
Thanks Eileen for all of your enthusiasm. We are thrilled with the results of this enormous project and undertaking. Our whole entire yard looks beautiful and inviting. We certainly are enjoying it all and over the next couple of months will sit back and watch the grass grow. We get 10 1/2 weeks of vacation this year!
Yesterday Laura and I went to church and sang “This Little Light of Mine”, to welcome in Pentecost.. After wew tried to see Shrek 2they were sold out. We saw Raising Helen instead then took Dairy Queen strawberry sundaes over to Copper Terrace to chill out with Irene. When we got home Scott had been by and had the front of our house infront of the wall fully landscaped with holly bushes. Voila…we are now done!
Everything looks so beautiful. You’ve really done a wonderful job