The Long-Anticipated Grill and Hardwood Kitchen Floor
February 2005 joyously brought JB the deal he'd been waiting for on a big new gas grill and both of us the chance to get rid of the disgusting white-turned-dingy-no-matter-how-hard-you-scrub vinyl on our kitchen floor. We put in the same hardwood that is in our foyer:
Hershel and the grill's inaugural fire-up
New Deck Accoutrements and Crazy Weather!
The weekend of February 22nd, 2004 was so warm that we wanted to be outside, enjoying our deck. We built a picnic table, assembled our new porch swing, and basked in the almost 70º sun...
Four days later on February 26th, we had the biggest snow since we moved here!!! Ah, winter in the South...
October Sunset on the deck...
Our New Deck!
JB originally designed and planned to build
it for us, but he just doesn't have the free time; so, he contacted
several contractors, and Innovative
Woodworks bid to build JB's design with an added arbor for a porch
swing and planter box for a price we couldn't refuse. October 6-8,
2003, in just two
and a half days, (instead of two months of weekends on our own,) they did a
fantastic job, saved us a world of time and exhaustion, and we are just
thrilled.
Before the building began...
Initial frame
Framing the raised octagon
Sues & Bonnie Blue checking out the progress
Finished!
Compare to the first pic!
First Finished Landscaping
A few ariel (from upstairs windows) shots ~
the yoshino cherry in the middle, & the grove of 3 leyland cyprus on the right diagonal fence
The Great Easter Landscape 2003!
JB's parents came through to visit, and we completely revamped the whole
yard!
Planting the yoshino cherry tree
in the middle of our backyard
JB digging the holes for the leyland cyprus trees along our fence; JB's dad watching, and Bonnie Blue & Sues on the ground. Bonnie was barking her head off at the digging, for some reason - so funny!
JB and Sues (along with Bonnie Blue
& JB's dad, Bill, behind the tree)
planting a clump of river birch
When we first moved in...
