tree day!!

we finally had our official tree installation day on wednesday!! oh, this has been such a long time coming. and honestly, with it being january and all, i was totally in a slump last week… which was getting quite dramatic feeling! but then we got an email that, in essence, was like, “trees wednesday?” and we were like, “trees!!! wednesday!!!! YES!!” and really, it’s quite amazing how excited i can genuinely feel over foliage. next time i need my spirits lifted, i’ll really have to remember to just go plant something!!

anyway, in the year or so that we’ve lived in our current housey, one of the absolute biggest aesthetic issues has been the lack of any landscaping in the back yard. not a single bush or tree! nope, nope, not a thing. and you know me, i love my nature! i want all the nature! bring me so much nature!! each time i’ve looked out our windows or stood in the yard i’ve pictured how lovely a fluffy tree would look here or there. then some flowering thingamabobs. a bench! some stepping stones! swings for the little ones! i have so many ideas. not only that, we have definitely been in need of some privacy blockage going on, too, so strategic placement of tall growing things was super duper in order. once we talked to the landscaper, we decided to keep it all really simple to start out, and i’m glad we did. that way we can kind of tell in layers what we’d like to do next!

aaand so it came to pass that on a wednesday, our new baby yard trees were dug right out of their own cozy little beds and hauled on over to us with the help of several men that were not steven… and boy was he glad! yay. yay. yay!

also, one thing that’s interesting about our house is that it’s nestled into a hillside. so, on one hand, you could easily be frustrated by the hilly yard [especially when doing yard work, ha!]. on the other hand, i think it feels quite cozy! there’s plenty of space for the kiddos to play, especially on the sides. so really, all i see when i look out there is potential. 🙂 last fall, i planted some roses in a little area on one side of the house that maddalena has always so sweetly called her “secret garden,” and in the future, i’d love to make that spot really cute for her. we also have the itty bitty area where i’ve started growing some herbs, although, we’d love to extend our deck over that section. so, it will likely move one day… at which point we want to do a raised vegetable garden, as well. and! i still have my potted peonies that i’d love to plant somewhere. oh, the possibilities!!!

but like i said, we kept this part simple! [and after hauling a bunch of 6-8 foot trees up our hill, i’m pretty sure these nice guys were glad!!] they planted 8 green giants [5 in the back, 3 on one side] to grow tall and fluff up our fence line, so that’ll be nice in the long run. and!! my magnolia!! i mean, back when we were emailing ideas with the landscaper early on, i really couldn’t help but mention that i’ve only dreamed of my own magnolia tree for approximately 1,000 years now… okay, that’s not what i said. i’m sure my words were more along the lines of a casual, “what about a magnolia?” but the point is that now my very own baby magnolia lives out in my yard for me to look at every single day! every day! oh, i love her so much, i want to hug her and kiss her and fill all my vases with her glossy green leaves!! <3

here’s a little capture of the progress that day along the back fence line…