Saturday, April 21, 2007
Photo Hunt Saturday - Steps
This week's theme is steps. AT first I thought about the pictures I had of the girls footsteps in the sand last summer, but then the sun dawned and the weather finally warmed up. That's right, spring has finally sprung for those of us in the Northeast. So much in fact, that the girls were digging out shorts today - on just day 2 of warm weather. It might have something to do with the fact that it rained the whole rest of the week, but whatever it is, we'll take it. Yesterday, I started tackling what proves to be a big time consuming project - yardwork. I had finished the road side of the house and the play yard. I raked out the flower gardens down the hill. As I sat halfway down the stone steps, I knew what I had to post.
Here is the view of the stonewalkway and steps leading up to the play yard and house. I've raked them once, but the monsoons, er recent rain washed some soil over them. I need to repair the retaining wall so it doesn't keep happening. That's Meenie in red and Moe right behind her coming down.
And this is the view to the lower back yard. Unfortunately, it's just a mass of leaves and trees and weeds. And flowers mixed in, which is what we were looking for, as I 'd like to transplant them into some beds as opposed to the middle of the yard. I hope to get this cleared this summer so we can play down here, but I doubt it will happen. You see, I can do all the yard work I want, bag it up and then that's it. The bags just sit there. Ihave asked numerous people to come and take them, and been told "yes" by numerous people, but they are still sitting there, one year later. I'm sure by now, I have enough leaf bags to surround the foundation and add an extra layer of insulation to the house!
Anyway, those are some stone steps in my yard, which I absolutely love. They add so much character to our little yard. We have one other spot with some steps as well.
While, your here, feel free to take a look around. I will be posting some pictures of some spring flowers on my 365 site as well later today. The link is on my sidebar!
And don't forget to visit the other photohunter sites. Just click here!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
26 comments:
Lovely steps. Steps to a wonderful home. Happy weekend.
You must have a beautiful yard; those stone steps are lovely. Great pictures.
If you have time, please check out my pic on My Photo Blog.
Really wonderful. I would love those steps too; monsoon mud and all.
Lovely steps. I live in a pine tree area so my own steps are normally covered by pine needles or the like...
Wonderful pics. Happy weekend!
I absolutely agree with you, those are some unique steps and they do add lots of character. I too was looking for some sort of steps like these to photograph but coulnd't find any so I went with the abvious.
I'm always afraid of going down steps like that.. but I love doing it anyways! Lovely landscape! :)
Your yard seems like a kids' outdoor paradise, with lots of places to explore and lots of adventures waiting for them.
They do have character! What a beautiful thing to have in your yard!
any kid would love to grow up in a place like that :) lovely
We have some steps like that in our backyard too...I like them too!!
Happy Saturday, mines up
I'm in envy of your yard and your steps, very well done selection for the theme this week.
:-)
I love stone steps in a yard. I have some leading up to my backyard but hadn't even thought of them until reading this post!
Great steps, looks like lots of gardening ahead of you.
HOw wonderful!!!! I want steps like those
Dont forget Amys Random Thoughts is having a blogging scavenger hunt starting May 1st. Details and prizes were just announced..Hope you will participate
Those steps look great! As you said, they have a lot of character. Good luck with the yard work.
Hi!
I'm a new photo hunter from Singapore.
I love stone steps. I would love to have them in my house if I could convince hubby to buy a truckload of soil to make a tiny hill. hehe...
Lovely photo.
I love the old-looking stone steps in the yard. So much better than concrete, dontchathink?
Mine's up
Great steps! They remind me of my parents house in CT. They have a lot of stone work - very New England style.
I love stone steps! There are a lot of things we can do with them to make them really beautiful or we can leave them as is for that crude effect. :)
Love those steps!
I had stepping stones around the side of my house as a walkway to the back yard. Sometimes I loved them. Sometimes when they were covered with pine needles and I had to sweep, sweep, sweep them, I thought... what was I thinking? They were lovely though.
The stone steps do add a lot of character!
very nice! and thanks for visiting.
smiles, bee
They are lovely, I must not show my husband, or he will want to fit them in somewhere if he gets a burst of energy. We did ours of 4x4's and mulch, well, mulching after lunch.
There is something magical about stone steps. . .
I'm glad that you're enjoying spring time. Thanks for sharing these lovely photos. Those steps certainly add character to the steps leading to your home. Thanks for visiting mine. Take care and happy weekend!
I agree, they do have character; they are as nature intended. How nice that you have them!
Post a Comment