Yeah, I know I’ve been missing for a week or so… Blame it on my slave driver husband, who’s been forcing all of us to put in our time in the yard!
But we’ve actually gotten a lot done over the past week or so. About 75% of the front yard is ready for planting, we won’t even mention the back yard yet,
it hasn’t even been started. Ariana and I laid about fifteen more feet of stone pathway. She and I are the only ones who can do it, as the boys don’t fit the rocks together nearly as well as we do.
If we can manage to do fifteen feet a week, by the end of summer we’ll have a good start on all the stone pathways we want to put in. By the way, yes, we’re digging up our own stones to use,
mostly picked up out of the yard as we rock rake. With as many rocks as we find, we’ll have enough stone to lay a path around the equator!
Oh, our huge stone at the end of the driveway has been engraved, and looks wonderful! Bill Wyant out of DuBois was the engraver, and we’re thrilled with his work!
And we’re happy to say that we have the biggest rock he’s ever done! Of course, I never thought I’d live to see
my name carved eight inches high in solid rock.
My garden seeds are starting to sprout, and all my landscaping plants are coming in, so we still have a ton of work to do before it all comes together. I believe the landscaping is going to take years
before we get it the way we want it. But I guess at least it will give us a hobby…

OMG it is awesome…………..It looks wonderful. I am so happy for the two of you.
All my love to you and the family
Did you figure out the paint delimma?