We met in college. At 20 and 22 we married. Though it hasn't always been a piece of cake, we've survived-even thrived-and are blessed to be the parents of our 2 wonderful kids.
Without you Mike, the other 2 loves of my life wouldn't exist! (And I'm not talking Plants and Garden Blogging here!). No, those are some of my latest addictions, but without you, Sarah & Michael wouldn't be here-and without them, well, you wouldn't have the gift of being a Father!
So, even though you rarely look at my blog (but put up with my blogging, none-the-less) I want to say thank you for always being there for me, and for doing everything to make my life, and our children's, so very comfortable. We often take you forgranted and this is a time to honor you--and all that you do for us.
"Hey, you didn't think this was all the compost I moved, did you?"
"Heck no! This job took truckloads compost, field stone, river rock...and lots of muscle!"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before:
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Just in case you're wondering why we used the lawn fabric, we had so many weeds in the back, to include 'day-flower' and 'wild violets', that they would have continued to take over the new garden area and lawn, otherwise. I enjoyed the blue flower of the day-flower, and the sweet bloom of the wild violet, but too much of a good thing is no longer 'good'!
We had a pond a few years ago, and I wanted to put one in again. So he dug me a hole. But then I remembered how I needed to clean it out more often than a pond should have to be cleaned out...even with a filter. Just too many leaves and debris falling into it from all of the trees. SO,
he took the pond out, and filled it back in again! If you go back and look, he also removed the river-rock path he'd installed (as we [I??!!] didn't like the way it looked afterwards--and he re-did and re-shaped the stone wall he'd built--as it was higher, and shaped differently, than we [I?!] liked.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After:
In future posts, I'll talk about the plants I put in the new back gardens, and what I planted in the large planters. I am the one who spread all of the compost, once it was carried back. I also put in the stone path in the garden, and around the outside of the garden. And of course, I'm the one who planted the plants!
We had a gardening landscape company install the sod. The grass wasn't my idea! Dear Hubby was set on putting grass in the back, after years of only mulch and mud back there! The landscaping co. also installed leland cypress trees around the perimeter of the yard. I'll show more of those later.
Happy Father's Day, Mike;-)
PS: My ankle, while still swelling up when I walk on it, is feeling better and healing. I still wear a supportive bandage but am using the 'boot' only rarely now. My muscles and nerves have been causing me pain in my neck and back, and my hands and fingers get numb and swollen and ache...but I'm taking my medication and hoping I don't have to deal with 'long term' effects of lyme disease. Thank you, all of my garden blogging friends, for your words of encouragement;-) I know I haven't been frequenting your blogs much, as of late--but I think of all of you and am so glad we've met!
--Today I am thankful for my husband, Mike.
PS: My ankle, while still swelling up when I walk on it, is feeling better and healing. I still wear a supportive bandage but am using the 'boot' only rarely now. My muscles and nerves have been causing me pain in my neck and back, and my hands and fingers get numb and swollen and ache...but I'm taking my medication and hoping I don't have to deal with 'long term' effects of lyme disease. Thank you, all of my garden blogging friends, for your words of encouragement;-) I know I haven't been frequenting your blogs much, as of late--but I think of all of you and am so glad we've met!
--Today I am thankful for my husband, Mike.
