Motivations

Over the nearly 10 years that we've lived in our house in Murphy, Josh has spent countless hours creating a landscape that makes passersby look and point and admire. He's read numerous books and magazines on plants, researching native Texas plants specifically. When the kids were in grade school he was the Environmental Chair of the PTA for 2 years and during that time created two gardens around the school and ran two native plant sales.

Then for a long time, he didn't do much of anything with the yard at all. Suddenly this week, the thoughts of creating an even more beautiful environment in our front and back yards have tremendous motivating power for him right now. That and redoing our kitchen as he's dreamed about for ages (that's a subject for another post).

Here's Josh's front yard creation right now:


According to Josh, the new plants grounded yesterday will be big enough to appreciate within a couple of months.

Here's Josh in his new outfit to protect him from the sun while he spends time gardening:


Gardening and remodeling are big motivators for Josh right now. Nice to see him smiling, excited, energetic and determined.