WE'RE IN THE HOME STRETCH!

As a prank to fool Jim, we set up the blowup Palm Tree from Our Wedding in the front planter, so that when he came to work in the morning, he'd think that's what we planned to put there . . . it fooled him, too!

There will be tan capstones put on this wall, although not on the back wall.

To see VetteMan's Virtual Reality Panoramic view of the front Yard, click HERE. Use your arrow keys to ZOOM and to move the screen up or down, and all the way around. (You will need QuickTime or QuickTime for PC to see the movie.)

Dirt was delivered on 27 July, and as I write this, the front planter is already full of lovely rich black dirt, covered with weed barrier fabric, on top of which will be laid several inches of rose gravel. THEN we have to think of what to plant in here!

After the dirt was poured in and the weed barrier was laid down, the gravel was shoveled in . . .

. . . and the comedians flew in.

Once more around the Back Yard before the dirt goes in . . .

The dogs' area still needs some thought . . . I prefer that this curve matches the other curves, so that will be changed.

Speaking of dogs . . . here are two movies that show what THEY are doing while all this work is going on:

MOVIE 1

MOVIE 2

For Our Wedding, my friend Sharon Shelton gave us a gift certificate at Stein's Garden Store for flower baskets. Wanting something less ephemeral to remember her gift by, we bought a Garden Hopper to use next year when we work on all our new planters.

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