New Collage for Ame and Derek's House

I've been talking about helping Ame start a garden for awhile. So I looked up her house on Google and wow the tree weeds have taken over. Have no fear they keep trying to invade us as well. So here's a before and after and bird's eye view from Google map.

The funny thing is when you put in her address it shows the funniest picture as front of her house.

Here's what Google says front looks like. 

Um Ame where's the house?  The little Google car must have missed it.or took the picture a little too far past the driveway. Here's the bird's eye view.

 My first thoughts.Turns out yard big if we can remove a whole lot of tree weeds. I call them that because they sprout up everywhere and they ugly and very fast growing.

Rock Garden Corner and 2 possible Entry Designs

So I went back to the front yard again and worked on the design of the entry from the opposite angle. I kept with the same design I did before on the house on the front all the way to the end. But then I saw another Arts and Crafts style Pergola entry that I also liked and thought hey everyone needs options. So I went back to older version of this design and put different entry way on. So everyone needs to vote on entry way designs.

I also decide our block could be more beautiful and I love fall foliage so as if this stuff all bloomed at once and during the same time as the trees are their brilliant fall color I "photoshopped" in new neighborhood trees and covered half the houses oops!

Here's the other entry design with far less of the front yard done. Oh and I added a fireplace to this design!

So please leave comments and tell me which one you like better just focusing on the entryway around the door.  Here they are again just focusing on doorway/entryway.



Entryway 1



Entryway 2



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.