The Yard and Pool Progress

It's Outdoor Wednesday time, which is hosted by Susan of http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Let's visit Susan and everybody on her list of participants. I know it will be a lot of fun!

Last week, I showed you the excavation of our backyard in preparation for the building of a pool. Well, they are still working on it, huge machineries and dirt everywhere and I would like to share the progress with you. But before we get to that, let me show you some plants and flowers in our front and side yard by the driveway. It will be a refreshing change for me to see them since all I see from our office, bedroom, kitchen and family room windows is dirt and a big hole.

The magnolia tree is blooming. Aren't the flowers gorgeous? They're big! The tree is actually on the hill, not the same side as the driveway but on the other side of the house.

The blooms do not last long. They turn brown the next day or 2 but it does not matter because there are buds opening up daily.

These are on the front yard. Are they some kind of daisies?




The rose is pretty lonely, all by itself, lol, at least coming from this particular plant.

There you see the driveway and this plant bed gets kinda wild.

Holly bushes line one whole side of the driveway.

Yellow lantana.

Not sure what these are but the color is really pretty. They grow on a tree.

These are just starting to pop out in the front. I can't wait to see the

buds open up. Asian jasmines fill the ground. They spread everywhere. We mow them and they keep coming back.pink and yellow combination lantana. Sorry, I should have taken a close up but you can click to enlarge.

I think these belong to the orchid family.

I dug out this Asian iris (I think that's what it's called) from the backyard before it was excavated. So glad it is doing well. See the tiny white flower on its top right? See the rose bush on the left clay pot in the background on the left? I am moving these big pots to the pool deck after it's finished.

Ok, here is the progress on the pool. The Roman steps are in place.

The turbo seat is installed.

The sun ledge is also in place.

They started pouring concrete this morning and are still pouring in between spreading and leveling as of now and it's almost 4 PM.

5 men all work together.

It's coming along well I think. The guys are still working so I will show you more next week. Thanks for your visit and you all have a nice Outdoor Wednesday! Thanks Susan for taking the time to host this event.