LOL, that’s what I told someone yesterday when talking about the amount of land surrounding my house. He asked if I had a front yard — “No, just a couple of parking spaces.” When asked about the back, I said “Not really, it’s more of a mud patch.” He gave me an odd look and I explained, “There’s no grass unless you count the weeds around the privacy fence, but every time it rains there’s an excellent mud patch.”

hehehe

That’s one of my pet projects this summer, to transform the backyard into a garden. I’ve gotten a bird feeder but haven’t assembled it yet. I’ve already started shopping for all sorts of yard markers and sculptures to put back there. There’s really not a whole lot of room. There’s an embankment and a privacy fence was run across in front of it when the house was built. My actual property line goes up the embankment into the hill behind the house. Not a whole lot can be done about it, so every spring I throw some assorted seeds back/up there so it will have some pretty wildflower landscape. Jessie and I periodically leave out food for the birds that nest in the trees behind the house — all the more reason to put up a nice set of feeders, maybe even a bird bath.

Yesterday I saw the most beautiful pair of cardinals. I want to encourage more birds to nest in the area … maybe even put up some hummingbird feeders and some nice wind chimes.