I haven't posted any photos of the new "landscaping." This is the view of the house as you are driving down the road. Unfortunately we had to remove the lilacs because the septic tank can't have trees or bushes within 10 feet and the tank will be placed near the bulkhead. We will be able to save the maple on the corner of the house. Does this look familiar -- no, it's not a photo from months ago before we put the siding on -- it's a photo from yesterday after I TOOK OFF the siding -- this should go into the shoddy workmanship category -- not our shoddy workmanship -- we had to take off the siding because ED needs to re frame the walls and then nail the sheathing to the new framing. We are hoping that since the right side of the house has all new sheathing and new studs that we'll be able to keep the siding. UG - it was painful taking that stuff off.

Here's another view. Our new driveway will be about 6' towards the house from the fence. We were thinking about cobblestones -- two tracks with grass in between. We'll see. We want something appropriately farm like. Eventually we'll have a barn style garage.