We go to the left...towards the house.

Now we head between the house and garage.
One of the FIRST flowers in the spring...

That's the front door on the left...the garage door on the right...

So...that's the door to the outdoor shower.  It's my reward at the end of the day...Especially after a hard day of playing in the dirt!

And there's nothing quite like taking a shower in the rain...or under the stars!

That's a 52 gallon water barrel, which collects rainwater for the plants.  It's great!  It gets water from the downspouts and it worked so well, I got another...and then decided to make myself four more to use for all my downspouts.

So...every rainfall...I can gather over 300 gallons of FREE water for my plants!

So...walking around the shower toward the back now...heading to the fire pit.

 
Looking back at the house.

GREAT place for roasting marshmallows...or telling scary stories under the stars!  That is a sweat lodge at the edge of the woods.

And...The fire pit is a Potawatomi Fire...their sacred ashes were mixed with ours.  FYI...the Potawatomi Indians were a member of the "Council of the Fire" here in Wisconsin...and were chosen as the "Keepers of the Fire".  That is what Potawatomi means.  The Potawatomi fire upholds a tradition  that has been ongoing for thousands of years.

A view from the roof.

Made a new
birdhouse...
put it up...
an thed Finches moved in that day!

I think they liked the Siberian Iris!

So...walking from the fire pit now...around the day lily garden...heading over toward the pond.

The pond is on the left...we are looking toward the back of Garage #2.

Walking back up toward the house again...the pond is on the right now.  That's the day lily garden on the left.  There were yellow pansies in the wash tubs then.

The Lilies are in full bloom..

Looking over toward the house now...

I'm trying to thin out the ferns a bit...they are growing like weeds!

The Kousa Dogwood was spectacular this year!

Some of the lilies in the day lily garden...
We are going to be turning right here...

Heading to the pond now...It was a nice rainy day then....the plants loved it!

The fall colors around the pond.

The kiddies are getting big!

And they have been "frisky" lately...
and the pond has a lot of baby fishies to
prove that!

This Calla Lily just loves getting it's "feet" wet in the pond!

Happy Frogs!