Metamorphosis Monday

I hope all of you had a safe and happy weekend. Susan at Between Naps on the Porch is hosting Metamorphosis Monday. Please pop over and see all the wonderful blogs listed there. A year ago our backyard was a fenced in yard with grass only. It was a fairly new house and builders don't do much in the backyards.

I began to ask Hubby to get some landscaping done, to add trees and flowers to the yard. He thought it would be too much work. "Let's just cut the grass and not bother with flower beds that we have to weed", he said. It took a couple of years and he finally caved to my begging. We started by killing the grass and sculpting out a design.

Putting in a drip system so he or I would not have to water the plants or trees.

We put in three trees. One white dogwood in the center and two Autumn Cherry Trees in the corners. We added evergreens, Encore Azaleas, Knockout Roses and other smaller plants with plenty of mulch and waited for them to grow.

This is how the backyard looks this summer. The trees are growing and plants are maturing.

We added lawn ornaments and a few more flowers.

We have enjoyed every hour spent out side and every view we get from all the windows facing the backyard. Hubby now wonders why we waited so long to do it. lol

I'll have to do another post on how we did the patio.

There's nothing like plants and their beautiful color to uplift your day.

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