Today was the second annual Handball Bocce party (the "Handball" part of that title means it was the group that Larry plays handball with 3 times a week. Larry picked a date earlier in the year because last year, in early June, it was 100 degrees! This year we were hoping we didn't get rained out. There was a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms.
It turned out to be a wonderful day with plenty of clouds, some humidity, warm temperatures and no rain... until after the whole event. Then it poured. Good timing!
Last year, when everyone came over I was very embarrassed about my yard. There was no grass, only dirt and dead weeds. There was the outlined planter area but very few plants. I've been working on it a lot in the last year and have made some progress. I guess the Bocce party was my benchmark and I had a list of things I wanted to get done before. I wasn't quite there so I took Friday off work to get as much done as possible.
Up until now I've been reluctant to post anything because it just wasn't pretty yet. I think I'm finally ready to give you a peak.
The islands are new as of Friday. I was still working on them Friday afternoon when a big thunderstorm came through. You can't quite see it but I planted more lawn area not even a week ago. All was well under that storm came through. It dumped nearly an inch of rain in 20 minutes and created a stream right through the middle of the seed bed. Oh bother. Now I'm going to have grass seed coming up in places it shouldn't and I'll have to reseed where is was washed away from.
With time, these beds will be filled with greenery and more things will be added. From time to time I'll share some photos with you.
Looking good, mom!
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