Fruits of Her Labor
Ania's mom, Wanda has single-handedly transformed the hillside in our backyard from an eyesore of a bleak and barren slope to a lush, terraced garden full of flowers and tomatoes. The colorful flowers have made spring and summer at our home even more pleasant and beautiful!
Here's a look at the yard as it was in April 2007 and below, after all her hard work, how it looks now in June 2008:
After weeks of care and attention, those tomatoes have finally started to ripen, and the first crop is ready!
It's too bad I so strongly dislike tomatoes — I'm sure they'll be juicy and delicious — but I will at least try them!
The tile and grout on our kitchen counters hadn't been maintained well previous owners, and by the time we bought the house, the counters were extremely tough to keep clean. The thin grout lines made cleaning especially difficult; only bleach & scrubbing helped, but even then, the counters didn't look very good.
