I know that summer is here because I am so busy on doing summer-related things.

Back around Easter I started on planning the front-yard landscaping,
and for irrigation and sprinklers to be installed in the back yard.

While planning the back yard, I remembered that we hadn’t completed the deck railing and stairs on the back deck,
so I had my friend Miguel come over and we completed that.  I
designed the railing based on what I remember of the house I grew up in
… it turned out nice.

As part of the planning for the front-yard, I wanted to get a new front
porch built.  I did a quick design, and again had my friend Miguel
come over and we got it done in less than a week.  It’s nice to
have that completed … we now have a nice front porch to replace the old steps that were there.

I also have been wanting to get my motorcycle running.  I have a
BMW R100GS that I bought years ago and it’s a blast to ride.  I
love to take cruises up into the mountains or out into the
desert.  We dropped it for service a week or so ago since it was
sitting in my barn for the last 8 years!  Time flies!  I’m
going to see if I can pick it up tonight … I figure that besides the
fun, I can save a lot of money on gas compared to driving my truck.

We also moved forward on the irrigation system last week.  Ed
McQuirk has done that work for me in the past, and I’m using him again
… he cranks on it.  So he has been working on the back yard (at
least a half-acre) for the last week, and expects to complete that this
week.  It’ll allow us to have a completely watered back yard
(field?) and a nice garden area.  We stubbed out the water near
the front-yard to allow for the drip system to be installed when we
complete the front landscaping.

As the irrigation gets completed, I’m going to move on to the
front-yard landscaping, and the garden … it will be fun to have a
garden this year … I haven’t had a nice one for a long time.

Summer is here!