Seating 3
We're in the home stretch. Are you still with me? This is the balcony off of the living room on the west side of the house. I don't seem to have that many pictures - I guess it's too much glare when I'm here. Anyway, this is basically two areas. The first, for this year anyway, has a small glider seat and a couple chairs. The seating moves around year by year but this year that's the way it is. I sit here when the sun's gone down or in early spring or fall when the sun is welcome and not so hot it fries you;
Looking down;
You can kind of see the three levels of the retaining wall. I planted hosta here last year. They have done well. I think you can see June in the bottom left corner;
On the far end of the balcony is a table and chairs that are balcony height. This is new. I've always been annoyed by having a railing right in the center of my view;
This is a nice place to watch the sun go down;
There is a small collection of hostas in pots against the house. I kept them in a dish filled with water all the time and they did great;
I had to cheat and "paint" the house. Next year this side will be done, I hope;
If you are sitting in the chair in the extreme corner, you can see back to the lawn and driveway;
Looking down - this is probably more from the middle of the balcony;
Looking down to one end of the pool deck;
To get down to the next level we have to back track;
I don't have very good pictures of this next area. It's pretty under used due to so much STUFF stored there. It does have potential. These pictures were mostly taken with my old, not very good, camera. This is the covered patio below the balcony and one level up from the pool deck;
Looking down if you were sitting here. You can see a bit of the golden hops vine I stupidly planted. I ought to have my head examined over that one;
From the pool deck up. We just came from the space to the right of the pink rose;
We got this covered pavillion thing last year. Before that we had canopies that we'd hang sheets, old blinds, whatever on to have a shady place in the heat of the sun. This one has been great in that it has sides to it. It's a nice place when you've had enough sun for the day;
I don't have many pool deck pictures - too hot - to bright - to scared someone will catch me in a bathing suit! These next pictures were taken last year. In a wild moment I volunteered to have a kids swiming party. The neighbor nearest me was having a family reunion with many kids expected. My 3 grandchildren were allowed to visit us then (how quickly things change - that's another story). There were 20 some kids and it was a riot. I did get some shots from the vantage point of the pool;
This is more the way it usually is when I'm here, quite and peaceful;
You might have noticed in some of the pictures a deck I didn't mention. That is a hot tub that isn't working. Someday maybe we'll be able to get it fixed. That deck has no railing because there is a lower walkway around it. It gives a different view again. Maybe next year......
Thanks for coming on this journey with me. I wish you could come and sit in each place for a while.
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