Friday, June 20, 2008

El Ranchito















I've been a busy beaver working on the pad in Alvin. The front porch has a couple of new Adirondack chairs, a new outdoor sconce, and hanging baskets. We drink our coffee there every morning and wave to the middle-aged bikers as they roll by. In the back, I replaced a tacky mosquito-infested pond with a mini-tropical garden of bamboo and ferns. Let's see if it survives longer than my blisters. Click on the tiny "before and after" picture below to see the fruit of my labor.

3 comments:

Grumpy Old Man said...

Candide would be proud.

Anonymous said...

Looks fantastic! I'm a big fan of horsetail reed too. So what's going on inside the house?

Claire

Phoebe said...

Looks adorable! Who cares whether it's clean! Ya gotta live!