Designasaurus Rex: Around the Perimeter

All of the work at the church this week was around the perimeter. The deck was getting the Atlantis Rail Cables and the front was getting landscaped. There was a lot of distress when I created the driveway last year. A lot of tittering about "paving paradise." The fact is that I had to install the driveway to allow the machinery to get onto the land to replace the foundation. Whether it was going to stay or not was completely up to me. After living with the driveway for a few months I kinda grew very fond of it. I was always carrying a lot of things and now I always had a parking spot right by my front door. When my neighbor Wayne, who is a realtor, asked me if I was keeping it, I said I wasn't completely sure but I did like its convenience. He said it would increase the value of my house significantly. I began to think about working the driveway into the aesthetic!

So, yes, it was pretty. So pretty that it was part of the reason I bought the house. But I am certain that I will bring back it's former curb appeal and more.

Rich, my earth mover (I gave him that title) has started building the boulder/stone wall around the curve of the driveway and Deb, my gardener, has planted most of the hill and back to the deck on the south side of the house.

David was busy working on the deck. He had never installed Atlantis Rail before. When I asked him if it was difficult he replied, "It's monotonous." He did a fantastic job.

Today, Andersen will be delivering the final patio door and transom to replace the first window that you see on the right above. I'm turning that into a door so I can grill right off the kitchen and entry/exit on the North side of the house. David said if it came earlier enough, he might have it installed by the time I get up there tonight. Of course we are saving all the old wavy glass in the window so we will have replacement panes.

Here's some of the landscaping that Rich and Deb have done.

I sprayed grass seed around the front "lawn" and Deb said I might see grass sprouting in a couple of weeks! I can't wait to get one of those little rotary blade mowers that my Dad used and mow the lawn without any gas or electricity.

Sparky slept over on Friday and we woke up to a beautiful sunny morning. After our stretch and morning walk, he spent quite some time looking out the doors, watching boats go by on the Hudson River. He looks and plays dumb but I know he has deep thoughts...