Tall Fences make Good Neighbors

I went to Denver last weekend for my friend M's moving-away party and I stopped at my brother-in-law Dan's house on my way home. It is amazing what the world looks like just 70 miles to my east. (It probably has something with the elevation being 4,000 feet lower. HA!).

Dan and Eric not only have a cool house, they have incredible landscaping. Every summer, I am so proud of my garden and then I go over to their house and I feel like a failure. I am thinking: why can't I do that? Haha. It is kind of like blogging.

So until something is blooming besides poppies in my rag-tag flower beds, let's visit Dan and Eric's garden.

 (It was raining when I took these pictures, so I just snapped without really looking at what I was doing)




Isn't their fence incredible? Eric designed and built it. He is pretty much amazing like that. You should see their laundry room. No, really.

Semi-off topic: I am not saying Habitat for Humanity is a bad thing, but they built three Habitat houses on a horse property next door to Dan and Eric. The neighbors right next door are out of hand.  They have an entire family living in the garage. For real.  This spring, one of the kids picked all of their tulips. So anyway, a really tall fence was in order.



Well hello strawberry.



Um, didn't they just plant these Aspen last year? How are they so big?  I think they got a hold of some of those radioactive seeds from Gilligan's Island.



They just built this little concrete thing to contain their bamboo. They think of everything. Containing anything is way beyond my skill level.


I did not even get close to getting a picture of  all the cool things they have going on in their yard (due to the rain). But you get the idea.

They shared some garden love and I came home with these.

Thanks Guys!

I can't believe it is almost the weekend again. This week is flying by. My friend Elizabeth is a wedding planner and she has a huge 4-tent outdoor wedding this weekend and I get to be her assistant. Should be fun! I hope we get to wear headsets : ) I am going all Jennifer Lopez if that happens. My butt is way bigger than Elizabeth's, so that role is mine by default.