Blue daze "Evolvulus" Hanging on Gazebo

One more week just went by and another cycle of blogging is starting. Blue Monday is hosted by Sally at http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ Metamorphosis Monday is hosted by Susan at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/. Both of these memes are fun so you should visit their blogs and all of their participants'.

For Blue Monday, I am sharing our plant with blue flowers called Blue daze. Isn't the blue color just gorgeous?...so deep.

I have it hanging on our new gazebo which is what I am showing you for Met Monday.
I have always wanted to have a gazebo so getting this delivered to us last Friday was a dream come true for me. This is a view while seated on the arbor bench.
I was so happy to see the delivery truck.

And here are the store owners setting it up with John's help. Do you see the heavy pedestal in the foreground? We bought a pair and they were delivered with the gazebo and an iron swing which you will see in the last picture. They are so heavy, I can't move them.

It's all assembled now but it looks kinda bare, doesn't it? Do you see the temporary crossover in front of the gazebo? We are building a moat and putting a bridge there.

We went to Lowe's to buy some plants on Saturday and I placed them where I wanted them planted.

Today I started working right after we came back from church. We had to buy some more brick blocks from a local hardware store. I laid the bricks with the help of my granddaughter, AJ and friend, Nit. I planted as Nit and John dug the ground.

The gazebo is 6 sided and I planted climbing star jasmines on 4 of the corners. It has 3 entries and 3 windows.

I intentionally left gaps between the bricks. We poured top soil on the gaps and I spread creeping thyme seeds all over. I hope they grow.

That was tiring and enough to make us sweat so we all swam right after.

We are still waiting for the sod guy so he can lay sod in b/w the gazebo and the edge.

I planted creeping figs at the edge of the hill hoping they will creep down and cover the ground and prevent erosion. This soil is what was dug out of the yard where the pool went. It was packed very tight that is why I could not dig for the plants. I plan to move our wrought iron settees and chairs from the front porch inside the gazebo. I will do that tomorrow since I have a gardener who is coming to help me.

This area below is my next project and it's what we hired a gardener to help us with. Do you see the iron swing. We bought that at the same place where we got the gazebo from. This is the area behind the sloping yard where I created terraces, which is behind the pool slide. The area is flat and I want to clean it but I am so terrified of snakes so I am going to have the gardener do it. After it is clean, we will lay some bricks, the same ones that we used on the gazebo floor. Then, I will make this into another conversation pit.

So many projects, it seems like I never run out.

I hope you enjoyed visiting cause I always enjoy your visits. Thanks to Sally and Susan for these fun events! Now, let's all head over to their sites!