more taming. – gentino family

Here’s our progress after the weekend. David cleared that massive pile from the backyard, and I added wheel-barrow-fulls of leaves from the front. The outdoor waste company cleared the entire pile this morning, but I love that before they arrived someone had already come to pull out every piece of metal. Ah life downtown.

My parents stopped by Saturday morning and I think they about had a heart attack seeing me doing yard work (for pretty much the first time in my life). I just got tired of the front looking shabby, because we have such a cute little house to show off.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that according to my mom, most of our plants are worth saving, including some azaleas, a struggling, spindly rose bush, and a couple unknown plants (including the one Amie and Owen are playing in. Any ideas Mom G? It has a few reddish leaves mixed in). Next I want to thin out our monkey grass and pull a bunch of brambles/weeds from the beds.

I’ve never been the type of person to do yard work or really anything that makes me sweat, but after a hard week, I actually found raking and clearing out mounds of dead leaves and brush enjoyable and therapeutic. Here’s hoping I’m turning over a new leaf (no pun intended).

We have some fun ideas for the front yard which include taking out the red gravel path and putting down sod, but it most likely won’t happen this year. I’m okay with that. It’s nice to know we’re sticking around, we can take our time.

Here’s the requisite pollen picture; this weekend was the worst, which is probably why the whole family has the sniffles today. Thankfully it’s raining, which will hopefully wash a good portion of the pollen away.

David ripped out the gate at the front left of the house . . .

And that wood fence along the back. Hello there, neighbors!

Yes we have a big ugly power line/light in the back corner of our yard; not my favorite feature since there are lots of wires running into our yard. Ah well, you win some you lose some.