Our yard isn't well manicured, and it's not well maintained. The soil is really sandy since we're very near the bay, and so grass has a really hard time growing. We, as well as the landlord have fertilized the grass, but it's really a disaster. And somebody planted bulbs at some point, but the squirrels or some other sinister creature ate all the blossoms. We have plenty of leaves coming up but no blossoms. So anyway, our yard isn't super nice looking, but it has some perks. Number 1, it's a yard. Number 2, there's room for a boy and a dog. Number 3, there are a few pretty things growing in it. Just a few!
The front yard has this little tree:
It's not the prettiest tree I've ever seen the rest of the year, but in the spring it's amazing!
Then there's the lilac bush we borrow from the next door neighbors--it hangs over the fence.
I can't wait until it fully blooms--lilacs are so wonderful!
And then there's this crazy tree.
The leaves are red. All the time. They come out red in the spring and stay red all summer. I don't remember ever noticing a tree like that before me moved here, but they're all over our neighborhood. And most look much better than ours. Ours has some sort of sad disease and by fall all the leaves are all eaten up. Oh well. It looks nice now.
Pretty color, isn't it?
So there's the tour. It'll be interesting to see what our yard in New Mexico will look like. Probably a LOT different. But there can still be lilacs I think!
4 comments:
Oh I hope. I hope. I hope. I love lilacs!!
Thanks for the pretty tour. There is beauty everywhere we look....if we look hard enough.
Yes. I think lilacs are a distinct possibility. That little tree is, indeed, so lovely. Such complex blossoms, and the delicate gradients of color. I bet it smells good too - as the lilacs will. Perhaps the other tree is a Japanese Maple. But no. It's not. The leaf is wrong. I'm not fond of all year round reds. I love green for the juicy seasons, and red for the flaming ones.
No closing today. Tomorrow. Drywall mud today. Chaz is done - tomorrow will tell the full tale.
Our yard here, in our rented home in NM, has no grass. NO GRASS! How is it that it can be called a yard?
I would love to look at those blossoms in the spring. The color is so beautiful!
...Maybe I'll blog about the "yard" here.
Ginna!!! I'm so proud of you! Will you post a photo...I mean after...you know.
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