It rained last weekend. But we didn’t complain. When it does rain here, it reminds us of England…and makes us happy we moved to California …
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Tag Archives: side yard
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wet weekend
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fountains and flamingos
Remember our side yard? Back in December, we shared our DIY landscaping plan and initial work. Since then, a few false-starts, and plenty of tweaking …
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side-yard snowball
You’re familiar with the snowball effect, right? Well, a giant one just rolled over our side-yard. We’d already removed much of the lawn (where you now see rock) …
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chop chop
The tree that keeps on giving. At least, it was. We removed it several weeks back, and our two-year shower of leaves, twigs and tobacco is finally over …
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on the side
Since last posting about our side patio, we’ve completed no major projects here, but have made some ‘tweaks’ that make a difference. First-up, we added this rain chain …
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rock revival
Our outdoor living space is ‘in transition’…to put it politely. But we recently completed what we’d like to call ‘phase one’ of our landscaping –far from the finished look …
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the wall
This is the exterior of our master bedroom wall, around the corner from our side patio. It faces north, and gets plenty of shade, so should have been easy to prep. Not so …
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patio paint
We’ve been doing LOTS of painting recently, as you may have seen on Instagram. Time to share some progress here, starting with the walls around our side patio …
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keep digging
As you probably realize, we’ve been doing lots of digging recently. And we’ve turned up a few long-lost items. According to our next-door neighbor, Maria, there used to be a ping-pong table in our side yard…which explains these two balls. More difficult to explain what this rubber duck was doing there. We also found this …
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