This Old Punk House

Yesterday we went to the garden store – for the first time in years! – and bought our first batch of plants for the remodled yard. In front of the porch we planted fragrant shrubs: two winter daphne, two hardy gardenia and a hardy gardenia with extra-showy flowers. I filled in some of the spaces between with impatiens as it will take a couple of years for these shrubs to fill out.

it’s so exciting to have some greenery! We kept going outside to look at them every hour or so after we finished planting.

We also got, but didn’t plant yet, some groundcover for around the flagstone pathway.

Today, after a LOT of work by Denny on the hardscaping of the lawn, we had the lawn areas seeded.

Seeder starts in the main lawn area:

The lower pond area:

The upper pond area:

The view from the entry:

We also got the parking strip done too, but no photos.

It’s like freshly-fallen aqua snow.

Honestly, the journey has been so long that it hardly seems real. Now we just have to try to get it to germinate then keep it alive. And I can start planting the flower beds!

That crazy Denny, you never know what he’ll do next!

First, he cuts a hole in the wall along the basement stairs:

Then, he attaches a wooden box to the inside of the hole:

Interesting! I wonder what it will be?

Next step – He puts some sort of grid inside the box. And finishes the wall all around it:

The Julie touches up all the paint on the wall, and re-hangs all the posters:

But what about the hole?????

Well, open up the secret panel:

And see the awesome new wine cellar!

With the box being in the crawl space, it keeps the wine nice and cool, and without major temperature fluctuations. Not that any of our wine sits around long enough for that to be a problem.

I’d take a picture, but I don’t want to freak the guys out.

Things are finally getting moving again!

More rock work, the flagstone paths in front of the house are in. More quality work from Mr. TOPH. Next up, irrigation system. Which we’re sorely going to need to keep a new lawn alive this summer. It’s supposed to be drought conditions.

Sunrise over the Space Needle (and grain elevator) at Myrtle Edwards Park.

Train cars, golf course fence, cool clouds and moon.