New Plants, Dead Plants Gone

The backyard is currently done - unless something dies.  Actually, I guess it's the side yard, who can say.  

This is what it looked like before.  See the tall dead arborvitae?  There were more that we took out.  It is so pleasant not to look out and see the dead trees.

Now we have this.  It's not a great picture, too much bright sun and shade.  The camera does not know what to do with it all.  There are two elderberries in there.

We had planned to put a tree on the high point off the berm next to the giant rock, good thing we did not.  The "berm" is actually a tree stump that instead of grinding, the builder covered it in dirt and lava rocks.    The men who came out and did the work were nice and they did a good job for about 10% of the original bid from another landscaper.

Yesterday Jim scrubbed the awning that extends out over the deck.  It took awhile to get all of the mold and mildew off it.  It is now once again pristine.  I'm kind of surprised by how good it looks.  This is a during picture, not after.

The weather appears to have turned, it's been warm and nice for the last three days.  Monday is supposed to be 92F, but I'll believe it when I see it.  Weather forecasting here seems to be hit and miss.

That's it!  That's all I've got.