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Project Backyard

We bought the house few years ago. And then we put all of our money into finishing the interior. Never had time to work on the backyard. But that changed in 2018. Here's "Project Backyard" and our progress.

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Day 2,431
Sandbox
Repainting the old sandbox for the kids.
Day 2,400
The lawn
Or what’s left of it after the winter. Trying to save it.
Day 2,407
Fun
Great evening with the kids and cousins.
Day 2,408
Finally
First evening at the backyard’s firepit.
Day 2,419
Rain
Spent some time with the kids. Hid from the rain in their little house. Turns out, I’m the only one afraid of the rain.
Day 2,376
The lawn
Doing my best to bring it back to life after the winter. I’ll post an update in a month or two.
Day 2,358
Explorer
Having fun in his new playhouse.
Day 2,351
Play time
Playing in the new house in the backyard.
Day 2,347
Kids house
We put something really cool in the backyard.
Day 2,119
Apples
Almost ready to be picked. Low hanging. No dog devoured any of them this year. 4 weeks passed.
Day 2,116
Office
My setup for the last 90 minutes of sales of my first ever online course. It went well.
Day 2,114
Table!
I built a picnic #table for the kids. And it did not collapse immediately.
Day 2,093
Apple Tree
We planted a tree in the memory of #Fibi. We already have one apple tree in the backyard. For the last couple of years Fibi ate almost all...
Day 2,087
Sunset
We got a bigger pool for the kids. But when they go to sleep, we can now watch sunsets sitting like this, which is very nice.
Day 2,078
Feet
Nice evening #outdoors.
Day 2,077
Roof
The view from the other side of the pond. Lovely weather this week.
Day 2,071
Swing
One of the newest additions to our now almost finished terrace.
Day 2,069
Roar!
This is not a cry. That's a shout of victory. Not sure what the source of such an excitement was, but I like the pic anyway.
Day 2,039
Saved
I think I managed to save the lawn. If you look at the shape it was just a month ago: https://tookapic.com/photos/787212 - the progress is prett...
Day 2,024
The lawn
Looks better. Much better than two weeks ago: https://tookapic.com/photos/787212, but still a lot of work to get it to its' best shape. For n...
Day 2,023
Fibi on fire
We had our first #fire this season. And it was good. #badframing #badcropping #fibi
Day 2,009
Ouch
Bad photo of a bad looking lawn. It looks awful after the winter. And it looks even worse after I did the scarifying. But after raking all the de...
Day 2,008
First
The very first pint of beer in the backyard this season. Did some yard work outdoors today. Felt good.
Day 1,800
Magnolias
#Trees I've planted few weeks ago. Still alive. #streakpic #nature #sky #lookingup