Oh The Joys of Yard Work

Wow we have been so busy I did not realize how long it has been since I have written anything on my blog. The title to this post is an understatement to say the least. I have never really enjoyed yard work but I am building a slow dislike to it now. Earlier I said someone partially filled the backyard around the fountain in. We have dug enough dirt I believe we would have made it halfway to Texas by now. But is it ever coming together. Remember this picture.

Well here is where we are now.

Big difference so far. We have uncovered the left side of the wall. We have a sneaky suspicion that the rest of the wall is gone. I wish it were still there because it is pretty cool.

We have uncovered an amazing amount of rock, cement, broken and complete cinder blocks. Here is a pile of cement and blocks. 

And another pile.

And we are still digging. The side yard had around 50 large size garden rocks. We had no use for them so I put them on a message board at Facebook and a very nice couple came and picked them up. We were very  grateful to them with us both being disabled there is no way we could have picked them up and moved them. They were very grateful to have them and get them for free. It was a win win situation for everyone. 

Last night we dug out more around the fountain. We have also found an amazing amount of sandstone. This is the area around the fountain. It's pretty cool also.

We have been trying to go slow because we just do not know what we are going to run into. Here is Dave playing....LOL....he is amazed at the amount of cement and rock we have uncovered. 

We are not sure at all what the landscaping was back here and it may have been really pretty in it's day. But oh what a HOT MESS it is now. But we have been having a really good time as a family doing this. The kids have even been helping. Sophie keeps asking if we found any treasure today. We have dug up everything from a sole to a shoe to balls for the kids to play fetch with Bella. 

We have beautiful trees and bushes out there. The tree just behind the sunroom is a red maple. The other big tree is an apple blossom. We put rock gardens around both.

We have also been doing the kitchen slowly. A few weekends ago we put the beadboard and shelf over the stove area. We started the wooden countertop on that side too. I painted the cupboards green and I absolutely love the color. I antiqued and distressed the shelf over the stove and it is so cute. The cupboard door have been antiqued but I am not sure I am going to leave them that way. We may leave the kitchen for the fall and winter. It is starting to get hot here and I can't do anything in the heat. The basement has become a priority so I can stay out of the heat and we will not have the cost of cooling the whole house.