http://paulandemily.com/gallery 13 photos in 1 album en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 02:52:11 +0000 Gallery 1.5, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/ln-album11/P8020001.thumb.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery 144 97 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/ln-album11 08bde03a79c892d3ccc0cba8b63e5728 Fri, 16 Dec 2016 20:52:54 +0000 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=ln-album11 http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/ln-album11/P8020001.thumb.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/ln-album11/P8020001.sized.jpg http://paulandemily.com/gallery/albums/ln-album11/P8020001.thumb.jpg 97 144 After only 10 years in this house, we finally did something with the back and side yards. For those of you who have never been here, our back yard slopes from right to left at about 30 degrees so the top right is about 20 feet higher than the bottom left. We had three terraces built and used decorative concrete blocks for the walls. Ten yards of fill dirt and 25 of hardwood mulch later, we were ready to plant. There are now about 50-60 new plants (hostas, hydrangeas, coral bells and others) as well as untold numbers of small mondo grass sprigs in the back with more to come. The side yard now has a walk from the family room door to the sidewalk to accomodate Narni's Mom's walks to her car. We also had an irregular shaped patio poured at the same time so she has a place to sit in the shade in the morning and evening if it isn't too hot. More work to be done including a couple benches (yet to be built) and more plants after some rest.