Restore|House

front and side gardens

I have no idea what these flowers are, but they are growing like crazy, and fill in the void in the front garden, so I'm leaving them. Last year I assumed they were weeds and tore them all out and ended up with a boring dirt patch in its place. I'm really hoping they're flowers....

A few years ago I spread wildflower mix in the side garden and I was so happy when stuff sprouted. I would go out everyday and water them and I kept waiting and waiting for the stuff to flower.

 One day I was watering the plants and my neighbor walked over and said, "You know, I have stuff you can spray on that if you want."
 I said, "What?"
He said, "Um, those are all pigweed."

Oops. I'm blaming that on growing up in the mountains and never really having anything grow. We didn't have grass/lawns or anything.
This stuff is all new to me.

Yay! Mini red hollyhock blooming already. Years ago when I still lived in Colorado, my Grandma sent me an envelope of hollyhock seeds. I kept them in my dresser for years, knowing they wouldn't grow out there. I planted them when I moved here, and they have been growing like crazy every since :)

All those white flower/weed things in front of the house are hiding all the stuff that I *know* are wildflowers below them.  I love these....unfortunately, there aren't enough of these to fill in the void if I were to rip out the white flower/weeds again.

Maybe someday they will spread out more...

Historiography and the House

Years ago I said I was going to document the owners of this house and put up the information I found in the entry. Recently, I actually started. In the entry are now two framed documents with information of the first 2 owners of the house, photos of them, and photos of the house during the time they lived here.

Two owners down, 2 to go.

Instead of doing a document about myself, I decided to frame the article that ran on CNN about the house and the research I've done on it.
I don't really feel like putting a photo of myself in a frame for the entryway...yet.

house portrait this week

All decked out for Flag Day last weekend.

backyard

I stepped out back tonight to take a good look at the backyard.

The grass has been growing in well this Spring, considering last Fall it had been worn down to dirt by frolicking puppies

Around the tree was especially bad, but now it's coming back :)

One of the picket fence panels has broken in half. It will need to be repaired...somehow...

 

This area behind the Evergreen tree is where they puppies escaped last year. In order to keep the fence line level across the side of the yard, these back panels hover over the ground, leaving ample room for escaping dogs, even moreso if they see a bunny or  a squirrel taunting them from the other side.

The other part of the backyard. That leafy area in the right corner is my Lily patch. I added some roses this year, but they'll probably die, just like all the other roses I've ever tried to grow.

See those 2 electrical boxes? Those should be on their way out soon...The electrician is booked out a month, but I'm hoping to get this taken care of soon.

My back door. As I was taking this pic, I was thinking that my windchime obsession must come from growing up in the mountains. Then, ironically as I came inside, my computer was playing songs on random shuffle and this one was on.