The Front Corner Revisited

I've spent a lot of time walking in the yard and feeling into what shape we wanted to create together, becoming one with the earth supporting my cute little house. This corner was my least favorite part of the yard. I was really at odds with that tree, and this was the last part of the front and side yards I did.

Cutting off all the really dead parts and creating some sort of shape really improved our relationship. My vision has always been to plant some sort of bowl of flowers in the center. Then we will see how the outer branches return to life. There is a chance this tree is destined to be fire wood at the end of the summer. Bill told me there was a sister tree on the opposite corner of the front yard that he removed a couple of years ago.

About a week ago I stopped at the local SaveMart to pick up milk or something and saw this hanging plant outside the front door. It was a large coconut fiber basket held in a black metal frame and the flowers were lovely...of course there was no flower name on the basket, but oh well. I was not ready to commit $25 bucks to the project and decided to wait, they had plenty of them and I still had days to work that week, we would see. The next day I made close to $400 and I had decided when I hit $300 that I would stop at SaveMart on the way home and get some flowers. Lucky for me they are open 24 hours and it's not a problem to stop after 1a. hung it on the railing over night then installed it it the morning. Of course, it fit like it was born to be there.

I could not be more pleased with the completion of my vision.

Have a great day!