Defoliation

When we bought the house, the front exterior was choked by a lot of dense foliage. It looked like a recluse's house, perhaps someone who had lost their true love and wanted to hide from the world.

For the past several weeks, Erin has been outside weeding and doing other stuff--I can't say I'm exactly sure what, since I didn't help at all, save for a few seconds of work with the chainsaw.  She even got a patch of poison ivy on her cheek for a few weeks. Now that's dedication!

Now she's got the house looking like the recluse is ready to start dating again.

We didn't even know we had these steps in our retaining wall.