MORE Backyard Progress!!!!!

Here's what happened today! Most of the trees were planted, many of the shrubs were planted, more turf was installed, the diving board well was started and even the smaller of mom's 2 Ficus trees that sat on her back porch (that we've been keeping alive in their pots by hand watering them for over 2 years) got planted! It is the picture of the tree just north of the Ramada-- the third from last picture in this post. We will plant her larger Ficus over by the putting green, so I can see it out my windows. I'll be able to see this one from the house, too! Things are coming together beautifully and all the waiting and patience and frustration have come to fruition! A storm was coming in while I was taking these pictures this afternoon, and just as I finished it was really whipping things around-- a large Ash tree (Bonita) that they hadn't planted yet fell over along with a lot of grass getting blown off the ground and into the sport court. It rained pretty hard tonight, as well. That is my only complaint in this house...it is so well insulated that I can't hear anything outside which is great for barking dogs or neighbors parties (the 2 things that really bugged me in our old house), but I cannot hear the rain. I looked out the window before I went to bed and saw visually that the rain was coming down really hard, but if I hadn't done that, I would not have known it was pouring outside!! I love this weather-- but maybe a little less of the whipping around the wind does! Isn't the sky beautiful in these shots!?!?