life goes on

well, we are getting close to having this part of the big backyard project done. They have to do an acid wash and put in the brick pavers that go in those channels you see. The coloring will be applied on Friday, oh, that's tomorrow! I will come home and give a final approval on the color-we chose it, but as he mixes it not always exactly...I get to dash home and make sure we like it. It will have a sublte blue tinge to it..probably only noticable to us! The landscape guy is coming by next week and we will do the last stage-the "softscape" part...dirt and plants!
The tree I so wanted ...well, it would just be too large for the part of the backyard I wanted it to be put. It was a boxwood alder- a member of the maple family and so pretty and perfect for our climate. I wouldn't even mind the leaves! So, it's probably the dog wood tree and maybe a Japanese maple ...I am still working on that part. We have a birthday party to attend on Saturday and it's occurred to me that I should quilt something-postcard size...and I am happy to have that distraction to occupy my brain. A fellow quilter will be calling my Australian friend for me-as it turns out Telestra is not allowed to do a reverse directory listing-it's against Australian law. Plus somewhere in the back of my mind I am pretty sure they were off directory due to apparently far too many sales calls. So what can be done is being done and life goes on.
Thanks for the kind comments and hugs-