Klopeck's Backyard

This, my friends, is our backyard.




I somtimes look out there and have two thoughts:
1) I swear those weeds are like that living forest in Lord of the Rings. Every day I think they're marching just a bit closer to the house. And sometimes at dusk, I feel like I can see them slowly march. Good thing I'm not an orc, or I'd be too afraid to even go out there.
2) The patchiness of the weeds makes me think that we could bury stuff out there à la the Klopecks. ("At least the Knapps were semi-normal! They worked in their yard, they mowed their lawn...they had a lawn to mow!")

So, today we made a plan and decided to do at least something in our progress toward actually having a nice backyard. We built a firepit!






It took some work, but the biggest hurdle was getting me on board to do any manual labor - i.e., hauling heavy stones around. We're stoked, though. We're looking forward to some fun evenings out around the fire! Feels like we're finally on our way. One small step for man, one giant leap for the Klopecks.

P.S. I know from the pictures that it looks like Jesse did all the work. Well, he did a lot of it. But my sore arms tomorrow will attest to the fact that he didn't do it all. :)