oh man, i'm sore. after a weekend of digging, shoveling, digging, shoveling, painting, raking and shoveling, my body is sore. curt too. i'm no lightweight. and look! for reals this time: ta da!
but let's go backwards first: we poured the steps last weekend
then inscribed and decorated (some seashells from various travels and a stone that curt found in our yard that looks like africa). 
we capped the wall off with a lovely finishing touch (we call it german finesse)of a little ledge all around.
pulled yanked coaxed chainsawed took out the funky old stump that stood between us and a clear path in front of the wall,
shoveled loads of dirt,
and then busted out the paint
i don't even have pictures of the rose bushes we battled or the battle scars endured, but trust me. it was rough....luckily we still had enough daylight to fawn over the new colors on the persimmon tree, the hawks circling above and our perfect california light. not a bad sunday, eh?
and a quick before and after (click for a larger view):
but let's go backwards first: we poured the steps last weekend
then inscribed and decorated (some seashells from various travels and a stone that curt found in our yard that looks like africa). 
we capped the wall off with a lovely finishing touch (we call it german finesse)of a little ledge all around.
shoveled loads of dirt,
and then busted out the paint
i don't even have pictures of the rose bushes we battled or the battle scars endured, but trust me. it was rough....luckily we still had enough daylight to fawn over the new colors on the persimmon tree, the hawks circling above and our perfect california light. not a bad sunday, eh?
and a quick before and after (click for a larger view):
3 comments:
oh my goodness shayna ~ it looks incredible & you are so amazing for doing it all yourselves. that is some very serious inspiration!
Yeah, seriously! This is inspirational!! Makes me wonder about what we could do to our barren backyard....hmmm
This looks great!!
Wow! Talk about a project. You've done wonders!
Thanks for chiming in on my blog. So happy to meet you. :)
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