This is our patio in our new house and this is our first Spring in the new house.
It's small, compared to the huge back yard we had at our old house.
We have a new George Foreman electric grill. The old barbecue grill that we had for years and that used propane gas we dumped. It was all rusty and falling to bits.
The fence doesn't go all the way around the wee patio. Apparently it's because of all those odd things sticking out from the ground. I really don't know what half these things are, but everybody has them. Could be for electricity? Dunno. Our patio backs on to the road, which is odd, I know. We had so much privacy in the old house, and here we have very little! But, c'est la vie.
All those tools that I used in the old house. The famous de-thatcher! I used that every spring. Yikes! I yanked on it pulling it and pushing it to get up dead grass. Won't be using that anymore! Ha ha. Part of the deal here is that we pay a homeowners' association fee which covers outside maintenance.
The rake! I used that a lot to gather up the leaves as well as any grass clippings that somehow got loose whilst cutting the grass.
This is just part of our back yard at the old house. There's a section to the left that you don't see but which goes downhill on a steep slope. There was also a substantial front lawn that I took care of too. Many times I felt like a farmer's wife when I spent hours working away outside.
Do I miss the big yard? Absolutely not!! I'm more than happy with my wee patio.
It's small, compared to the huge back yard we had at our old house.
We have a new George Foreman electric grill. The old barbecue grill that we had for years and that used propane gas we dumped. It was all rusty and falling to bits.
The fence doesn't go all the way around the wee patio. Apparently it's because of all those odd things sticking out from the ground. I really don't know what half these things are, but everybody has them. Could be for electricity? Dunno. Our patio backs on to the road, which is odd, I know. We had so much privacy in the old house, and here we have very little! But, c'est la vie.
All those tools that I used in the old house. The famous de-thatcher! I used that every spring. Yikes! I yanked on it pulling it and pushing it to get up dead grass. Won't be using that anymore! Ha ha. Part of the deal here is that we pay a homeowners' association fee which covers outside maintenance.
The equally famous edger. That was hard to use, so it never really did see the sunshine that much at all.
This is just part of our back yard at the old house. There's a section to the left that you don't see but which goes downhill on a steep slope. There was also a substantial front lawn that I took care of too. Many times I felt like a farmer's wife when I spent hours working away outside.
Do I miss the big yard? Absolutely not!! I'm more than happy with my wee patio.
