{"id":644,"date":"2010-06-28T09:58:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T13:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/?p=644"},"modified":"2010-06-28T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T18:24:18","slug":"the-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/2010\/06\/28\/the-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"The yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As always, we&#8217;ve spent a good amount of time in the yard so far this year.  We had a dumpster brought in a couple weeks ago because with all the woods on our property, you really have to stay on top of things and keep them cut back, else eventually, we&#8217;re not going to have a yard!  Its hard to believe how much <em>stuff<\/em> we pulled out:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00908-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00908\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00908-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00908-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Across the top there, it says &#8220;DO NOT FILL ABOVE THIS LINE&#8221; so hubby had to climb right in and do something about that:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00910-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00910\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00910-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00910-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were laughing so hard, we were almost crying!  <\/p>\n<p>I do remember the day when I would get all anxious when he&#8217;d be cutting things back\/ down.  Now in our third summer there, I&#8217;ve come to realize that we can cut down whatever we please because it <em>will<\/em> grow back! <\/p>\n<p>One of the new additions to the yard is my antique ladder:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00911.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00911-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00911\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00911-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00911-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We actually placed it in such a way that it appears to be reaching up to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/2009\/08\/21\/birdhouse\/\">birdhouse that we&#8217;d hung high on a tree<\/a> so we could enjoy it from the deck:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00913.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00913-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00913\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00913-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/curtincall\/files\/2010\/06\/DSC00913-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(You can click to enlarge any of these photos, to get a better idea of where I was going with this idea!)<\/p>\n<p>I actually got the idea from the <a href=\"http:\/\/davesgarden.com\/community\/forums\/f\/t2t\/all\/\">Trash to Treasures<\/a> website at Dave&#8217;s Garden.  Must head over there now to share with them!<\/p>\n<p>Happy summer!  I hope all of you are enjoying yours as much as I am!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As always, we&#8217;ve spent a good amount of time in the yard so far this year. 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