When does the party begin? What is the instigous of the infamous party? What does it take to put on a show for our dearly beloved winos?
This year’s preparation was just as stressful as in the past, even though we PROMISED ourselves we would plan way far ahead an not let the stress get to us. I gardened my brains out during the record hottest week ever recorded in Seattle; with sweat pouring from my face into my sunglasses to the point where my sunglasses were filling like fish tanks. And it was only 10AM, BTW, where 4:30PM is the hottest part of the Seattle summer day.
But I managed to get the place looking super nice. I spent 9 days over one month pulling weeds, edging, blowing, cutting rose bush, laying beauty bark. Javier’s kind mother even stopped by and contributed gorgeous flowers from her garden and hours of her time to pull miscreant grass and weed the snake pits!
What started as this:
Who sees stairs?
and this:
Deadly Rose Bush
actually ended as this:
Stairway to Heaven
Oh My!
Fabulous! The Lebens’s wouldn’t even know what hit the place. For goodness sakes, beauty bark, for real! The neighbors were super impressed as I was myself, and secretly wishing I had my own place to spiff up and feel a little more invested in, but all the same. I love it all!
Ciao,
WineGirl
WG
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The before and after photos of the backyard stairs is amazing. I saw it in person but forgot about the jungle that was.