Almost a month ago, I was staring down the barrel of a whole month off from work. Sure I was looking forward to the break but I was hoping to get a lot of work done at the house while we had our time off. I had the best intentions of having the retaining walls done, plants in, fence up, turf down, clothes line installed, garage kitted out, curtains and shutters installed and hopefully the start of some landscaping along our very long driveway.
Back to work for us both on Monday and the retaining wall is only half finished. It is looking good though and I’m hoping that by the time it is finished, we can say that it was worth the wait. There are two to be done, one fully along the service side of our house which will be part terraced (left and middle) and the other in the main part of our backyard near the alfresco (right).
Because the retaining is so extensive and covers a large portion of the property, we haven’t been able to do much more. I am a little disappointed that we couldn’t get as much done as I hoped but the best laid plans tend to fall in a heap at times. At least we do have our one little patch of garden finished, although I think it needs something….maybe a budda or some other garden statue in the corner. I’m keeping my eye out for something just right.
Well what you have got done looks good..you know what they say ” The Best Laid plans of Mice and Men”