My Backyard year---Up to date!!

Backyard Wednesday!

I started out calling it that, and then it got all screwed up, but now we are back on track--Wednesdays!

We've been having some gray misty rainy days lately.

Well, only for 2 days--the sun will be out tomorrow.

We really should get out there and clean up the backyard. But...  it's cold.

One of these days!

My backyard year--January 3rd

This was from last week!!   and tomorrow, I'll be all caught up.

This was my yard last Wednesday.

It has been warm and the snow has all melted. We are lucky to have blue skies most of the year here in Northern Nevada

This was Wednesday, January 3rd.

If for any strange reason, you want to look at how the seasons change in Northern Nevada (my years specifically) click here.

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Backyard Wednesday -- December 20th

My Backyard (and front yard) year...

I'm still playing catch up, but plan to be caught up by this coming Wednesday.  Keep your fingers crossed!

On December 20th, we had snow. This is the only snow we've had all year and it has been slowing melting every since.

If you wanted to see how the season progress, you can click here.

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Front yard

And then the back yard

my backyard year -- December 13th

Skipping ahead to December 13th!  I don't know what  happened to the month in between, as my last backyard post was on November 15th.  I have no excuse.

(except for holidays, weddings, grandkids and a bit of traveling)

The Yard looks pretty much the same--altho we did have a slight skiff of snow, which is pretty much gone except for the shaded areas.

If you want to see how it's changed over the course of 4 months, click here and you can.

We have one blow up snowman in our  yard, but mostly it's just a few vintage things, like my plastic porch Santa that I've had since we first got married, so it's 40 Christmas seasons old.  I can't get rid of it now. And if you look closely, on the fence, there are some elves pushing Santa to the rooftop, and another wooden snowman sitting in the yard.  They were my parents yard decorations for years.  I inherited them 4 years ago.  Last year, the Handyman said, he wasn't putting them up  unless I painted them (they were looking pretty weathered and worse for the wear), so in October I set everything up in the garage and I did paint the white part of the snowman.  I was so proud, as I don't do crafts or painting or anything.  This should have/could have/must have been easy as it was just repainting over something that was already there,  BUT those elves?  Holy Cow, there was a lot of detail (and colors!) in their eyes and hair and rosy cheeks.  

So.... I told a couple of close friends...  I'm done. The Handyman will do it for me--even tho he said he wasn't going to!  He was adamant!!  But I knew  he would.

He's kind of like that (and I used to say my mother was spoiled?! )!

But if you could look closely you would notice he did a very nice job!

And so....here's to catching up on the changing of the seasons.

My Backyard Year--November 15

My yard project has fallen behind. I might have predicted this, as I am notoriously guilty of starting projects and never finishing them.  That's why I'm not a crafter.  I am a reader, and a cooker/baker and a walker -- I can finish those things! 

I did take some photos tho!  Just not every Wednesday thru-out the holidays.  It got kind of busy for me, so... 😊

When last I posted about my backyard, it was November 9th.

It looked like this:

One week later on November 15th, it looked like this-- on an overcast day.

I like taking the photos on an overcast day, when I don't have to worry about shadows.

More November 15th!

Front yard.   

Yes, those are the little orange jack-o-lantern buckets, which the Handyman cut holes out of and put them on top of the yard lights for October, THEN in November he turns them around so you can't see their jack-o-lantern faces and they just look like orange pumpkins.  Or so he thinks. 

This is the beginning--of the dreary of dreariest winter yard photos. As I've said before---there is nothing as dreary as a Nevada winter yard.

(and yard décor looks okay in spring and summer---in winter, it looks like a big mess!)

So that was November 15th.   I will play catch up this week with my Big Backyard posts and then I should be on track again by next Wednesday.