You tend to get my garden shots on Saturdays, because even though I work from home, I don't get out into my yard until the weekends either!  In fact, because I've been sick the past two weeks, please don't look too closely at the shots (Thank God for 72 dpi!!!!) because most of the green might be coming from the weeds rather than my plants ! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've been trying to capture the essence of our mountainside property, but as you know it's so hard to accomplish through a tiny camera lens.  So courtesy of Photoshop I've pieced together a couple of panoramas.  I'm going to be scrapbooking our property for my girls.  We realized after we moved the last time, that we were always taking pictures of the people at our house, but we never really took good pictures of the house and grounds itself.  After you've already moved is NOT a good time to think about that one!  So, I'm working at documenting the last home all four of us lived in before the two youngest fly the coop for good. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This front of the house shot, captures the rise towards what is the back of the property, but essentially the "front" yard.  We have five acres on top of a long flattish peak that reaches perhaps as high as 3900 ft. elevation.  The last panorama will show the entry gate, parking area and our "meadow."  It's so beautiful this time of year with the wildflowers and grasses.  We've researched a low water, shade tolerant grass that is specifically for higher elevations, from www.highcountrygardens.com, one of my favorite specialty catalogs.  One of these years we're going to sow this whole meadow area with this grass so we can play games out here during the summer and keep the dust down at least a little! 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh well… enough playing around, I have a custom-ordered piece that I am SUPPOSED to be doing and I don't want to let anyone down… so back to work for me!

Happy Easter!  And for those of you with snow and sleet, I'm sorry!!!!!  Spring's here for good soon, promise! 

Audrey Jeanne Roberts