Signs of Progress

Why am I so impatient at times?

3/19/14

5/3/14

Trying to focus on progress made in the yard redo, rather than on what’s still not done.  Notice how much the grass plants and the new lawn have grown in just two months?  The lawn is so lush I just want to roll in it.  Only problem is, it has to be mowed every 3-4 days or it gets too tall.

You can’t tell in the photo, but there’s about a hundred flowers planted all around, waiting to take root and pop up out of the ground.  Can’t wait to see it all done.  Waiting is the hardest part.  When I decide to do something, I do it immediately.  I want to see immediate results. If patience is a virtue, then I’m full of vice (the opposite of virtue, per Wikipedia). There’s going to be an arbor gate where the path in the photo starts at the street.  It will be attached to a white picket fence that will (finally) start being installed on Monday.  This is what it looks like today.

Notice Bella checking it out.  She is never more than a few feet away from me.

By the way, I got my first Peace Pole installed in my back yard yesterday.  Actually, I just plopped it there temporarily, until another one or two are done and I can decide where I want them permanently.  It looks rather lonely, I think.  And it’s a bit gloomy and wet today, so that doesn’t help.

The best part about my new backyard is this:  No more landmine dog holes!  The sandboxes are awesome.  Bella gets it.  She knows she’s supposed to dig there.  Denali just thinks it’s a cool place to catch Bella off guard and attacks her playfully.  The first box the guys made me was too small.  It’s in the first photo below.  Picture proof that two big Berners barely fit in it.  The second one is much bigger (second picture below), and it’s in the far back of the yard, where Bella likes to perch to watch the landscape crew work.  It’s a safe distance away from anyone who might want to pet her.