Our House is Slowly Coming Together Including Some Outdoor Landscaping
We're slowing getting things back together with our new house after a fire destroyed our previous one back in February. Last night put us one step closer to 'normal' again.
My mom and I had to run some errands and when we came home my dad had finished a garden in the front of our house. He does landscaping for a living and always comes up with creative ideas. This one happens to involve a little bit of our life pre-fire.
The basket looking planter is something that was salvaged from our garage, I believe. It used to be white with pink and blue on the bows and flowers. Now, it's got a bit of black on it from being scorched.
The bench is my favorite part of this garden -- this was sitting on our front porch. It was deep shiny brown color and now it's got a more rusted look to it. The pink looking rock on the left isn't something that survived the fire but it's one of the few family heirlooms we have left. I know, a rock isn't really an heirloom but I know this came from my dad's parent's house and it had been passed to them by another family member.
I think this garden is pretty brilliant. It shows a new life with a bit of the past weaved in and that's how I'll always look at it.