2013 Started out with lots of work to do in the garden! All the branches from taking the Rainbow Eucalyptus down, had to be moved, including the huge trunks!

But after that I finally got a good garden started!

Soon after spending money on taking the big tree down, we were forced to spend more money hiring an excavator to build a retaining wall next to the driveway. We awoke, one day, to several of the trees next to the driveway just tipped over into the gulch by the stream .This was nice, in a way, for letting more light into our driveway, but it also started a fracture line, which indicted we might lose part of our driveway in a slide!

I removed all the plants I could save, mostly pineapples, and those purple green leafed ones... etc... Said goodbye to the papaya trees though...

The cats enjoyed a new toy for a few days!

In March we had a huge flood! Our stream turned into a raging river! We didn't have any real issues, but it is a little scary...

We found a beautiful picture dumpster diving! Someone actually threw this away! It was a little wet, but we dried it out and it should be fine!

New Bamboo flooring and woodstove. Found the woodstove on Craigslist! Nights can go down around 55 degrees, when there are clear skies! Brrrrrrrrrr We put in tile and stone to make ready for the wood stove (Tile was free and stones were on clearance...) Have to get a permit before we can install the stove though...

Cane Spider

Cane Spiders are harmless, but I rather them not come into the house!