New ideas for side yard!

So this is our current side yard. Actually it looks worse than that because we took down some of that fence and used to get the frontloader in and out and then put up an 8 foot section of old fence to keep it enclosed in the meantime. Also Pat was throwing stuff out that window as he works on inside. So it's way uglier there now.

The red in this picture is soooooooooooo deep and lush and oooooooh la la. Wow. I'd like to look at that all day long.

Hopefully the new tree in front yard will look like this as it grows. I definitely want to keep the multi-trunk look on the bottom.

This is exactly the size and look I was thinking along that side yard. Without the big trees. Imagine this with Japanese maples where these large tree trunks are. And actually a little wider space.

I would love to have room for an area like this as well to be my serenity place for doing yoga when weather alows. Some water  dripping into a bowl from a bamboo pipe and such.















The cherry tree (I think that's what it is) also such a beautiful combination

And all that went together to form this-->

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh another perfect happy place.

Landscape Quilts

I realized yesterday what this reminded me of and I'm a little embarrassed it took me several weeks to remember. Guess I've been a little preoccupied...

I used to make Landscape Quilts, or I should say I took a class and made one. These are examples of the quilts. I don't know what happened to the one I made, I suspect it got lost somehow in a move. Mine was similar to first one and was a Monet waterlily style garden scene. Imagine that. Didn't remember until I added the Japanese bridge to the picture I was working on.

So in my spare time... not... I should convert these into quilts?

Weekend of Work

I couldn't help but do some more work on front. My husband pointed out that the windows over the garage were the opposite of what our windows will end up size-wise. We plan to have a second full bath/laundry behind the window closest to the front door and so it'll be the smaller window. Then I worked on the roof line AGAIN. And added a second window box of flowers. Not sure I like the latter.



Version 3

 Oh and I found a picture with a better "steps" so I replaced the front steps and such. I did do a little work on a picture from the back corner of the house and tried to start my Chinese garden/dry river bed. But I need to find the picture that inspired that for a better river bed photo.



Back Corner Version 1

Hey it's a start. No way can the rocks come that far back and actually a tree would not be that close to fence on side. It would be more where the big rocks are.
Couldn't sit so long this weekend and work, perhaps this was part of what made my headaches and pain continue through out last week so I'll have to do a little at a time.... not my style but oh well.