I almost forgot to show how we resolved the issue with our drainage ditch.
In the front yard, we have one of those huge drainage pipes that goes under our driveway. I know. Classy. But since the house is on the side of a hill, we kinda like the fact that the water runoff goes under the concrete rather than tearing it apart the way female tweens would Zac Efron.
So the water runs through the pipe, continuing through our newly soded lawn (it’s almost like God’s sprinkler system just for us and that 10×60 patch of bermuda) and then here:
So we gathered up all the rocks that we encountered and threw them into a giant stone pile. Even very small stones.
What else floats? bread…apples….very SMALL STONES! (name that movie)
Anyhoo…we ended up laying out the stones flat so that the mud wouldn’t wash away and so we could give a nice separation from the road to the bed and the woods to the sod.
Kinda like a cobblestone drainage ditch. Who’s classy now?!
Yeah that’s what I thought.
This is one of our WIPP (work in progress projects) that will continue as long as we find stones.
Hopefully ours won’t float 🙂
A duck!
“Very small rocks” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. One of my top five favorite movies. Love it!
Monty Python?
Monty Python anyone 🙂 nice ditch 🙂
Monty Python and the Holy Grail…although I think it is “very small rocks”.
I’ll just go adjust my nerd glasses now.
useful and beautiful, looking good Ms. Bower!!! (oh and your ditch looks good too ;p)
Katie! It’s been ridiculously long since I’ve been here–love the new site! Your boobs look fantastic in your blog picture. D**n girl! (Did things just get weird?) 😛 Thanks for the congrats in your ABP news–that’s so sweet!
I like your cobblestone drainage ditch–great job!
Well shoot–I just commented but now I don’t see it. 🙁 Did it take? Has it been so long since I’ve commented that my comment has been rejected? Chewed up and spit out? Oh my.
MONTY PYTHON!
Hi Katie! This is your crazy blog stalker from Mike’s Ice Cream! I was so excited to meet all of you! Thanks for being SO nice. You made my night!
Dearest Amanda – you have no idea how wonderful it was to meet you and your main squeeze…and let me just say – you guys are the cutest couple evah 🙂 And talk about making someone’s night…you made my year. Seriously. If I am ever in town again, I will definitely shoot you a line and we can hit up some of those fabulous shops 🙂
XO – Katie
Oh Dusty – how I have missed you! But I totally understand that you can’t comment on each and every one of your adoring fans little blogs…but oh how I missed you. I am sooooo happy that you guys are totally pregnant…I bet your little girl is gonna be the awesomist chick in preschool 🙂
XO- Katie