Our Yard 2015

We have been busy working in the yard, so I haven't had a chance to do any posts.  I am tired and my hands are sore...  The walkway to the garden took longer than expected, because my husband stained the pavers and then had to put them back into place with decomposed granite.
Starting from the right side of our house, from the redwood gate, here is a picture of a different walkway.  Flagstone pavers were used here. My husband built the redwood gate.

 The deck to the right is  where our study is located.

We have french doors leading to this deck, off our study.

The next picture is the view from our family room.  We added a waterfall on the hillside.
You see it from the flagstone  walkway, if you continue the tour.

Continue to walk around the corner, you will be at the patio off our dining room.

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 Here is a night time shot I recently took of the waterfall.

We used to have three tiers of planters, however since we expanded our kitchen, we decided to enlarge the patio off the dining room.  This is how it looks today.
We managed to save a maple tree that was by the kitchen window and koi pond.  We had to move it, due to the expansion of the kitchen.  We are elated the tree survived.

I spray painted the large urns with rust  paint for some pops of color.  We added red mulch to the beds.

This is a shot of  the expanded kitchen and koi pond.  The tree used to be in that corner.

 The kitchen window is where the posts are and the arch on the left of the picture.
Every year, we have birds that  make their nest in the sun's mouth.  They are there now.

This is the walkway coming out of where the tiered walls are.  It leads to the screened in pavilion.
My husband is getting ready to stain these pavers to match the new path to the garden.
He is digging out the old DG first, then he will stain and add more decomposed granite.

This is the new garden path.  All nicely stained and put in place.

Our little veggie garden is looking great!  The newest addition is the copper lights on top of the arbor.
Of course, my handy dandy hubby put them in place.

Well, I will continue this tour in another post.  Happy Monday!
Mother's Day, my husband and I took my Mom out for brunch.
An update on Sasha, she has fully recovered.  She is back to usual self. 

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About Linda @ Life and Linda

Hello, welcome to LifeandLinda. I am from Northern California. I enjoy blogging, Designing Blogs, Decorating, cooking, entertaining, gardening and clogging. I hope you enjoy your visit.