House landscaping

Our Monterey Pine was old and falling	So. sadly, we decided to remove it	The equipment line up	Starting the job	Climbing up our beautiful tree
Looks dangerous	It's a really tall tree!	Almost time to cut	Chain saw line up	Lots of lines
Some branches come down	AACK!! Our tree is denuded!	Not much left of it, now	Stump and tree chunks	Another view of our demolished tree
Starting an upgrade (boulders delivered)	Fence on side yard is removed	Fence is gone, all the way to the back yard	A yard without fence! (with hang glider in tube)	The "before" photo of the back yard
The side yard, after removing the old deck	View of side yard from other direction	Removing the old deck	Front yard work begins	Boulders are placed in the back yard
The flag stone arrives	Our new fence goes up	On the side yard	The new deck in the back (made of recycled plastic!)	Deck partially finished
Jim puts in the flagstone piece by piece	Figuring out the best layout for each 200 pound stone	Construction on several fronts	Washing off the rocks	With nice boulders too!
The back yard and fence	Looking along the back	Flagstones are looking good	The completed deck	Deck, other direction
Really turned out well	A peaceful place to be!	The cabinet that Jim had installed on the deck	Nice tile design a la Jim	Completed side yard of flagstone
A little bit of "Utah" for Cynthia!	With peaceful boulders	Cynthia names the boulders: Amelia, Shakleton, and Lindbergh	What a great yard	View from door in our bedroom
Now for the driveway	Lots more stone!	And more	Front yard after sprinkler system set underneath	Rock wall that Jim designed
Driveway and wall	Cistern set into the rock wall	Great boulder out front	Starting to dig for deck supports	This deck takes a lot of design work
How's it going to go?	Setting the supports in place	Jim's design is working well	Getting the deck built	Still working on it
Completed front deck!	"River" of rock and plantings in place now, too	Incredible front yard	Complete with bridge over the river	Our gorgeous front yard!
Another view	With baby plants in place	View from the cistern along the river	It turned out fantastically	Cynthia wearing Kalpana's flying jacket