Landscaping--LOTS!!!!

This year we have been very fortunate to be able to get a lot of the "BIG" landscaping jobs done. This is the corner of our yard as you come down our driveway. I cannot tell you how happy I was to finally be able to get this done. We just love it!

This was something that we had in the works for a long time. 3 years ago we pored the cement for the footings knowing that one of these years we wanted to build pillars on it as well as a wall. We have these beautiful Lanterns on them now and it just adds so much.

We put 3 good size Maple Trees in our front yard. It's amazing at how much those 3 trees warm up the home.

I finally put mulch down--I know so simple and inexpensive but I just kept putting it off every year.

Put up bird feeders, and I must they are very popular with the birds.

This is another thing that I always wanted to do. This is on the studio side. A bench with 2 huge flower pots on each side. Love it!

We also planted 10 Evergreen Trees all along the back of the house. We also had painters come out and re paint all of the doors and re-stain our wood beams. How's that for a fun summer!!