Planning the Streambed

This morning, I was in a bit of a funk and was not motivated to do anything. For the most part I've been very productive this summer, but not the past two days. Anyway, I went out to finish mowing the back yard, and that was enough to get me started on the pond planning again.

Jeff was nice enough to set up a canopy so that I could work in the shade.

I had placed a lot of rocks near what will be the upper part of the streambed. The grass had grown up around them, so I moved them, mowed, and began sorting them by similar characteristics. Later, I decided to haul one huge one up to the spot.

After flipping it end over end a few times, I decided to go get a flattened cardboard box to help me drag it across the grass and (eventually) roughly into place.

Another winter and spring view

Down the road as things start to grow and change, I'll be happy to have these views--they will become my 'before' pictures. For example there is a white oak seedling that I planted our first year here. It doesn't even seem to show up in the picture...but, I'll post an after picture later as it grows. Also, the row of forsythia will eventually be replaced by a woodland's edge planting.

I'll try to find several views that I'll take from the same spot every so often...hopefully they will line up better and become a record of my progress.

Thinking Spring

I guess it is not really a "before and after" picture, but it is almost the same view. While looking through my pictures I decided to post these...I'm thinking about spring. I still have some plans to get done during the winter, so I'll be okay waiting a bit longer for spring (not that I could speed it along if I wanted).