The Pergola 

  Note: I will be traveling for the next three weeks, so there will not be another post until about the last week in January.

 In 2011 I built a pergola, which is off the path leading down the hill to the east, or the front of the property.  Then adjacent to it, and to the south, I built a seating area on top of a wall of granite cobblestones, reclaimed from the streets of Milwaukee.  I did all the work myself, so now I know that in my next life I will refuse to be a carpenter or a stone mason.  (Note: the third photo was inserted by error, and I cannot delete it.  It will be part of the next post.)

Going downhill

     These photos are from the far northwest part of the property, then leading down a hill towards the east.  The first photo shows the path on the right, which leads to the southeast.  Taken three years ago, it does not show the new stone structure built on its left side in 2019 (that structure appeared in the last post).  The path on the left heads east and eventually leads down the hill to the Japanese garden.

     The second photo shows the tiny rock garden, which is just out of view in the first photo on the left.  The rocks are all from Arizona, collected from my friend's place in Cottonwood, just west of Sedona.  

     The third photo shows one of 10 walnut log sections I placed moss on 12 years ago.  The second last photo was taken about 30 feet down the path to the east.  The last photo was taken another 20 feet down the path, but it looks south southwest towards the southwest corner of the property.

 

To the northwest

     In the first photo, the steps on the left lead to the water garden.  Going straight ahead, seen better in the second photo, leads to two steps, next to a railing, that then allow one to turn left to a path that leads to the northwest corner of the property--and to the back of the waterfall (seen in the last post).  The 3rd and 4th photos were taken before a new stone structure was built in the scene in 2019.  These two photos show the scene from both directions.  The 5th photo shows that stone structure.  The last photo shows a bird bath in which are placed stones, most of which I collected abroad, including Lake Baikal in Siberia and from hikes along the border of Nepal and India.