Thursday, April 15, 2010

experiments in landscaping

Owning a home.
One great thing about it: you get to create your own yard. However you want it.
One of the biggest challenges: you have to create your own yard.
Even if you have no idea what you're doing.
With the help of my family, we cleared out the front yard last week. So this week we've been working on replacing it all.

And what a joy it is to know that we are surrounding our home with beautiful growing things and to imagine how amazing it will look when it's all done.

But what if the picture in my head of the completed project is different than the picture in Kent's head?
And what if the garden center across the street (that was previously so fun to visit) suddenly becomes horribly overwhelming?
And what if communication between spouses fails, miserably?
And what if the soil in Texas has so. many. rocks. that you actually bend your shovel?

Chalk it all up to a "learning experience."
And hey, we're getting there.
Learning a lot in the process. Not just about gardening, but about
loving and living and
working together.

By the way, it's going to look amazing when it's done.
Even if we're not sure yet exactly what "amazing" is going to look like.

5 comments:

Cindy said...

All those flower look SO great! I love all the colors. It will be gorgeous.

Lisa Brown said...

Oh, how exciting!! I can't wait to own my home so that I have full control over the yard. It sounds/looks like it will all turn out fantastic, even if it is an adventure :).

heidi said...

it certainly will look amazing, how exciting and tough at the same time.

The Tibbitts said...

How fun! All of the flowers look so pretty. Can't wait to see the final masterpiece.

Also, Nicholas is such a cutie. He will be into everything before you know it!

Megan said...

I love it, it looks like a lot of work but so rewarding. :) I hope it turns out great.