Autumn Sweet

Autumn

"Once more the liberal year laughs out

O'er richer stores than gems or gold:

Once more with harvest song and shout

Is nature's boldest triumph told."

- John Greenleaf Whittier

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it,

and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth 

seeking the successive autumns."

- George Eliot

"There is a harmony

In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,

Which through the summer is not heard or seen,

As if it could not be, as if it had not been!"

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

 

"Listen! the wind is rising,

and the air is wild with leaves,

We have had our summer evenings,

now for October eves!"

- Humbert Wolfe

Enjoy!

Deck addition-dining

We are in the process of adding-on to the deck.

We wanted more space to sit, eat, grill and visit and

decided the area under the family room windows

would be a perfect expansion area

After much hard work

planning, digging and nailing,

we have a new outdoor dining space, 

and a sitting and visiting space.

The hand-rails still need to be cut and attached

to the new section and a new coat of stain and sealer added. 

I'm also thinking about putting window boxes

under the 3 windows and a storage box

for cushions and pillows.

More photos to come soon!

I've started taking some classes at

the community college, volunteering for

Hospice and I am registered for

the Spring semester so things

are moving in the right direction

for a career change.

Terminal Turf!

The continuing saga of the backyard rejuvenation.

The goal: reduce the grass footprint, lay sod and

have a full, lush, green yard in September.

For those of you just tuning in...

this has been the condition of our backyard

every September for the past 5 years.

We've added a flower bed...

8 camelia bushes along the side fence

and a new contour to tame the slope

I spruced up the shed with some new bushes

while I was at it

Still on the agenda; enlarging the deck, trimming

branches, adding sod...