Landscaping

 This is the before picture, or the 'after the grass was removed' picture and before the top soil was added, with grass seed and straw at the end.  O nevermind. This is the middle of the work picture. Notice the white something in the dirt next to the walkway. This is a large tree root, which cannot be removed, but will not be an issue since I plan to built a raised flower bed over this area.

 Here we are at the end of the day with the Bobcat still here, sitting on the future widened driveway. I plan on having that area paved, since so often off-street parking is needed.  In this picture there is a space without straw for that future raised flower bed, which is exciting to me. 

 The view from the street. I am trying to imagine all of this as green grass, which by the way will be fescue, not Bermuda grass, my nemesis.  The entire back yard has also been leveled, seeded and straw covered. A buried concrete foundation for some previous outbuilding was discovered and broken up and removed.

 This area here, adjacent to the porch, is always shady, so I am happily planning a large Hosta bed, my fave. 

And since the old house was listed on Wednesday, by Friday, we got our first offer, which is good. We are countering, but it looks like I will soon be back to owning just one house. Yay!