This is one of those years where summer seems to be wizzing past even though it's just started. Where has it gone already?! I'm totally behind with our gardens and haven't even finished mulching the veggie garden. I feel like this should get finished before July hits.... tomorrow... we'll see what kind of motivation I come home from Grover with tonight. Nothing has changed drastically in my back yard/garden in the past year, but I like to share it here each year anyway- it's like my little garden year book.
It's going to be positively paradise once the hydrangea start blooming. It's my little suburban sanctuary. When everything is in full bloom late summer, and I've hopefully finished mulching, I'll give you the full 2014 yarden (yard/garden) tour- which will probably look very similar to 2013's. Between the front, back, and sides of the house, our yard takes 30 bags of mulch and only has 170sf of grass. Definitely skewed a bit, but I'd rather play in gardens then mow a huge lawn any day.
The newest addition to our yard is a monstrous rain barrel. I convinced Hubby that we needed one for when our town institutes a water ban (usually during a long hot spell in the summer) and we still need to water the veggies. When I tried to put the barrel directly under the water spout as I originally intended, however, it looked gargantuan and beyond ridiculous. I settled on hiding it in a corner, but now have to deal with re-routing the downspout.
Although I ventured to Home Depot for all the parts (which I did get), I got distracted by picking out plants for Grover and subsequently spent my afternoon playing in the dirt at the flip instead of installing my own rain barrel. I have a feeling this will be the story of my life for the next couple weeks. We are T minus 14 days before we hope to list Grover, the latest fliphouse. One-track mind may not even begin to cover it. I'll do my best not to talk exclusively flip here. I wouldn't want to bore you with daily updates of what trim I painted or what light fixture I installed. Enthralling, I know, but I'll keep it to my weekly updates.
Returning to my own abode and veering slightly off topic- guest what finally got ordered!!!!!
After 3.5 years of complaining about my over-sized budget furniture store sofa, he's getting replaced with the gorgeous Diane from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams! She's certainly a splurge and will be the most we've spent on any piece of furniture ever.... but I intend on having this pretty lady around for a very long time. Now I only have to wait about 8 weeks for her to come in (sadface). Oh well, at least she's ordered!!! Can you tell I'm excited?
I'll be daydreaming of my new velvetty sofa whilst I manage to cover myself with dirt, mulch, and paint over at Grover. Happy Monday all!
