And here is another view...sort of behind the house. This is actually quite embarrassing. Who let's their yard get this out of hand? Us, that's who! As the day progressed, Free and Emily were hacking away at the grapevine, Jack was taking out some other bushes, and I was weed-whacking my way through this part of the yard. There is a little, OLD shed back there, and I had to do considerable work just to find it. On my search and destroy mission I found a little apple tree that was in the process of being overtaken by a beautiful, blooming wisteria vine. Although, I doubt the apple tree thought of the wisteria as beautiful. Behind the apple tree is a pomegranate tree, with brown, dried-out, hanging fruit. Sort of creepy looking. And in the corner is a very tall mulberry tree that I thought belonged to the neighbors! Nope...all ours. I feel quite sorry for those neighbors...
Little Strong was having a great time playing under the tree, watching all of the madness. He loves being outside more than anything. We need to remember that a big part of why we are doing this is so that he can be safe outside. He was filthy by the end of the day, and was thrilled when Grampa carried him around.
Free discovered termites in the avocado trees. Since we really can't do much about it now, we needed to make sure that the dead parts were removed from the roof. He got the job of getting up on the roof. He cut off the smaller branches, and then he tied an old hose (that's all we had!) to the large limb. Jack and I held the hose really tightly while Free cut the limb. We wanted to keep it from hitting the greenhouse window you see here. Success! I was actually amazed that Jack and I didn't tumble over, but we were good!
The question really IS "why now"? Jackson always loved a yard. He didn't always follow through, but he often planted tomatoes or peppers, and he had great dreams of a nice, relaxing yard. When he was preparing to come home from Mexico, he talked about it. He finally allowed himself to think of a life at home. His desires were simple. Mowing the lawn, watering, sitting outside. Such simple things. He never got to achieve them in this life. We are preparing for a celebration of his life on Saturday, September 14th, when we will dedicate this space, whatever it may look like, as "Jackson's Garden." We will work hard to make it a place he would be proud of. I will keep you updated on our progress...
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