Getting in under the wire here with these pics for Becky’s request for virtual backyard tours! My backyard is actually quite a mess right now. A windstorm blew part of the cedar fence (on the south side) down, and we haven’t even begun to prepare for Spring (although hubby went out today and took stock of what needs to be done). So I’m cheating a little, and using a selection of photos taken over the last two summers.

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This is the view to the east, looking out the dining room patio doors onto the upper deck. You can also see the hottub on the next level (to the left in the photo). Our backyard isn’t very deep before you hit a steep slope down and at the bottom of that is a chainlink fence.

I like it – the coyotes can’t come in, but we still get to see them.

If you had stepped through the dining room doors out onto the deck and looked to your right, this is what you’d see! Oh, and that’s not really more yarn storage. That’s the garden shed (for bikes, lawn mower, gardening supplies, etc). But with a window, heater, some lighting and a good cleaning – it could be Maple Ridge’s newest yarn shop, don’t you think?

By the way, that is the cedar fence that got knocked down in the big windstorm. I have photos of it all down, but they aren’t all that exciting…

This is the view to the left from that same upper deck. We have a 3 level wood deck, and then a cement patio with a cover over part of it. Under the cover are the doors that lead into the family room. Bobbie used to live in the house on the other side of that big cedar hedge (yes, there’s a fence and a hedge – they were both there when we moved in).

This is my favourite chair, sitting under the patio cover. I took this photo with my back to the doors that lead into the family room. (am I confusing anyone yet)?

Another view, looking from under the patio cover and out towards the backyard and the upper level decks. I love our yard in the summer. It’ sunny and bright and Himself plants tons of flowers for everyone to enjoy (and for me to water)!

This photo is especially for Bobbie! She used to live next door to me, and the duckpond was behind her house. But if I stand on the bench beside the hot tub I can see it. And I don’t have to do anything at all to listen to the dozens and dozens of ducks that making that pond their home. The pond is part of the property that is behind our house, and in fact all the houses on the same side of the street as us. It’s a farm, and in the summer the horses are usually in the upper field, so we see them as well when we sit on the upper deck.

Now if you were really incredibly good and got through all those photos, bravo! This is the last shot, and it’s not really the backyard. It’s where I sit and knit in the fall and winter, because it’s the warmest room in the house that also contains a TV!

I hope you liked the tour, and Becky – great idea!