THE BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY GARDEN

MY FATHER IN-LAW HAS HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY ON JULY 22, IT IS ALSO THEIR ANNIVERSARY. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW MY FATHER IN-LAW IS INTO MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTION..."BIG TIME"!! SO WE DECIDED TO PLANT HIM A SPECIAL MAPLE TREE, A HARLEQUIN MAPLE. THEN WE DECIDED TO DO AN ENTIRE GARDEN AND MAKE IT THEIR ANNIVERSARY GIFT TOO. THEY HAVE A VACANT LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THERE HOUSE AND WE DECIDED TO PLANT THERE. THEY WERE AWAY ON HOLIDAYS AND NOT DUE BACK UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. SO WE GATHERED TOGETHER AT 10:00 TO START WORK. BESIDES MICHAEL AND MYSELF, THERE WAS HIS TWO SISTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS PLUS OUR 12 YEAR OLD NEICE WHO TOOK ALL THE PICS WITH MY CAMERA. WE WORKED FOR 4 HOURS STRAIGHT AND IT WAS DONE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PLAQUE COMING FOR THEIR DAD TO PLACE IN THE GARDEN AND I AM DOING A SCRAPBOOK FOR THEM OF THE PROJECT. HERE ARE THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICS.  I KNOW I HAVE BEEN ABSENT FOR A FEW DAYS BUT I HAVE BEEN SWAPPED WITH THINGS HERE. I WILL WRITE MORE LATER. SO EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT DAY. DEBBIE