Discoveries on the Boulevard

So, I'm a city person.

While I do know a few things about commonly cultivated flowers and shrubs, my naturalist tendencies terminate at the garden edge. I can barely tell one tree from another, and I certainly don't know anything about mushrooms.

So I have to ask...

Is it just me or do these look sorta like Morels?

Le Visage

Yeah, I know. I haven't shown you the front of the house yet. I promise that I will, in the next couple of days.

But for now, how about a blast from the past?
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This photo was taken somewhere around 2001, as far as I can tell.

Nasty-awning-ness aside, I can't help but notice that my little housey-house actually HAD A STORM DOOR in this photo.

Whoooooooooooooooooo took it?

Ah well. Whatevah. At least that barf-blue had already been ameliorated by the time I adopted my favorite little orphan-cottage in 2006... and I'm happy to report that the foliage did not actually EAT the house, as one might presume from this picture.

To be continued..........................

Simple steps to improve curb appeal

Step 1: Get one of these.











Step 2: do this, with cardboard or something.











Step 3: Take a break and admire the work.










Step 4: Get lunch, sit on the stoop, and admire some more.













Optional step 5: Procrastinate other work by admiring flowers.









...and repeat.