As changes are being made to our deck area, we have been busy making some other changes in the back yard too. Hubs has been doing most of the hard and heavy work. A lot of chopping down, cleaning out, heavy lifting and various other duties, along with a good days worth of help from daughter Sara too, in adding to the over all and soon to be revealed transformation of our outdoor space.
A sneak peak at some of what has been going on around here.
Thursday the deck was being rebuilt. This is literally a peak out the back door to see the new deck in the works!
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A peek-a-boo view through the blinds, I see the deck floor coming along!
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Although we do own two sport utility vehicles, a rent-a-truck was a better option for obtaining pallets of pave stones.
Sara volunteered her services on Saturday with a big chore of unloading and staging the stones. What an awesome kid to do such a good and kind deed! There was a grateful reward given of a nice dinner after the hard work!
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Oh and by-the-way, Sara, she cleans-up well too. Brawn, brains and beauty!
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Part of the scene of a much needed chopping aftermath, turned more stuff to clean-up and dispose of.
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By Friday: The deck floor was complete and we are able to walk out on it now. Marty completed more cutting and trimming over the weekend, now to get the mess hauled away!
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Early morning on Monday and ready for more work to be done. Aeon seems a bit puzzled by the change to the deck, and we are keeping a close eye on him to be careful at the edge!
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Starting to get a vision of the upper portion being installed. Large holes ready for inspection for the concrete and more of the posts to be installed. More wood was delivered on Wednesday and we were told much of it will be added by the weekend!
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We are happy with the progress so far. It's exciting to watch it being created and changing in appearance each day! The weather has been perfect thus far, but expected rain over the weekend. More work to be done again on next Monday.
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Some re-potting and moving around of a few plants that had been on or near the deck. I have been looking at some new pretties at the garden center that may have to make their way into the plan too!
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One of my favorite old plants that I have had growing in a pot on the deck for years.
This poor thing needed some attention which it hasn't been getting during all of the events of the past few weeks, and from being neglected out in the heat! But luckily it is a pretty hardy plant and will forgive me (I hope) and come back even stronger and prettier, in this new pot I bought for it that I really like (a shame I only found one!). FYI, this plant is named Vinca-minor or small periwinkle, which often has pretty little violet-purple flowers from spring through the summer, and sometimes into fall too. It's often used as a ground cover.
More reveal soon!...
~ Tammy ~
