The stair landscaping is finally done....the end of a long project that started about 6 months ago. The stairs were the first part of the project. the house was so oddly configured and the original stairs so peculiar that we decided that the builders had no idea how to get into the house when they built it, and the odd stairs were an after thought. The landscaping was another challenge, since the house is built on blue stone, hard volcanic rock that is impervious to normal methods of removal -- some resort to dynamite to excavate for swimming pools. The tree fern under the stairs required three hours of jack hammering to make a hole large enough. But the result is that the larger plants and trees have their own personal planters carved from stone underneath the topsoil. We are excited to see what it will grow into by the time we return in November.
Remember those bees? It's been only a few days, and this is what is left of those lovely flowers! The bees have moved on.
We had a small neighborhood potluck a few days ago, to see Alfie and Ginny's slides from their trip to Turkey and Greece, and generally catch up. Ginny provided a spectacular Greek salad. Before dinner we marveled at an unusually vibrant sunset that filled the sky with color.
1 comment:
Well done! It is a vast improvement. It definately shows that you both put a lot of thought into the design and logistics.
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