Backyard Tour

Welcome to our backyard! I’m slowly getting around to showing pictures of our new place, so eventually you’ll see it all.This is one of the two banana trees in the yard. I cannot tell you how excited the girls were when they discovered little bananas growing on the tree. I have no idea when they become ripe, so we’ll just watch and wait.

This is the part of the yard I like to call Snow White’s wishing well. It just reminds me of the scene from the movie where she’s singing the wishing song. And of course the statues of the deer add to the whole feeling as well. Each of these deer have names that are different according to which of the girls you ask, but they all agree that the lady statue is named Genevieve. I told the girls one time how much I love this name, and they really remembered it.

Here is the grassy/weedy area. Maybe after the winter it will perk up a bit? The park lamp post is very pretty, but we haven’t been able to find any way to turn it on. Just one of several features of the backyard that seem to be just for looks. The others being the built-in BBQ that isn’t set up right, and the built-in sink that has no pipes leading out of it. Our theory is that this was a model home for the development and it was more about form than function.

There are half a dozen citrus trees, but this is the only one that is making fruit right now. We can’t wait to see what kind of citrus it will be.

This owl, which has been named Hedwig, also came with the yard and keeps guard over the gazebo. All of the animal statues crack me up and definitely add personality to the backyard.