I have a sabbatical coming up next year, so need to think about what will occur in the eight weeks my company gives me to relax, invigorate, and do something that will motivate me in the years to come ( Read more... )

DONE visit Chehalis, Washington ( Read more... )

To-day ( Read more... )

Four years ago I said I wanted to do several things ( Read more... )

I have been moving dirt to Byron Hill after Sterling was kind enough to remove some of the original Hill to start a container garden ( Read more... )

Spent several hours this long 4th of July weekend working on our yard and deck. While not perfect, it is better. It was good enough that Marisa and I could play croquet on the back lawn ( Read more... )

This weekend I went outside to make progress toward two landscaping goals: completing the leveling of the northwest corner with MF's gate installed and leveling the southeast corner with a bricked three foot walkway ( Read more... )

Finally I was rested, the weather was perfect and I didn't have to go to work ( Read more... )

It is less than a week to go on my 2nd sabbatical and don't have a lot to show for it: nothing like I had hoped ( Read more... )

Today I planted the beginning bunch of ground cover plants in the region between the wheel tracks for our back yard parking. I am calling this The Square because that is what it looks like right now. My hope is that it eventually changes and grows ( Read more... )