So for my next trick, I am going to take on the back yard of our new house. It is only in the last week or so that I have actually been able to see it take shape, as it has been beneath a blanket of snow since we moved in 3 months ago. This week though, I have been able to get out and have been chipping away at the snow and ice on the patio, in increments for the last couple of days. Hopefully the last of the snow will be washed away in the next week or so. Here are a couple of “before” photos.

Speaking of before photos, I plan on also taking some of my scrawny frame, before I embark on a regime of fitness over the spring, to get in shape for the summer. Not that those photos will be for public consumption anytime soon! Not, at least until I have “after” photos to go along side them.

In other news we pitched in on the Earth Hour event tonight by turning everything off and spending an hour illuminated by candle light. Avie didn’t really know what to make of it at first. But it ended up being fun in the end.