New Water Garden

Our new water garden has been built. The picture here was taken by Talli. She took it while I was working on the yard today. The water garden was started early this week and was finished on Thursday after Talli and I came back from my mom's Teacher of the Year award ceremony. The last two days, Talli and I have been restoring parts of our yard to their former glory. The decline had been caused by over three years of limited time while I helped Talli at the clinic. Before I started helping her, I had been holding the garden at bay. After I pitched in at the clinic, the yard started winning the war. Now, Talli and I are turning the tide and restoring order and beauty over chaos and ugly, but durable weeds. I feel like the yard has come a long way in the last couple weeks, but I am constantly seeing more areas we need to work on. The work is hard and tiring, but rewarding. I really enjoy leaning on whatever tool I've been using and surveying my work. It gives me a great feeling of satisfaction. In some places, Talli and I take away plants in the form of weeds or overgrown plants. In other places, we plant more in the form of vegetables, herbs and flowers. Sometime in the near future, we hope to plant a few trees; both for beauty and to help the environment. Both beauty and the environment are noble causes, which along with happiness and financial security, we believe in pursuing vigorously.