Time to Regroup April - August 2020

Despite the damage to our property,  we knew how very lucky we were, especially when we drove through other parts of Seneca and saw the destruction there. Bob spent a lot of time and downright hard work landscaping our property, and where he got the energy to do it, I have no idea.

First landscape timbers needed to be unloaded.

Next, sod.

The county continued its clean-up, too.

Here a load of dirt is being dumped into the back of Bob's truck.  He needed the fill in order to level areas in the yard where the trees had been removed.  Of course, he had to shovel out the load after he got home.

Straw was needed to place over grass seed.

We bought two red maples.  One was planted where there had been cedar and hickory trees.  

 Bob is pruning what remained of the tall  crape myrtle tree we had.  He made the wooden ring as border to make it easier to mow around the tree.

He decided an arbor where the pecan tree used to be would be a nice addition to the yard.  This is the start of that project.

The table that was on the pool deck had blown into the pool, but it wasn't until early June that the water warmed up enough for Bob to go in and get it out.

We hadn't noticed damage to the house until much later. When a claims adjuster inspected it, he few a drone over the roof which revealed a lot more missing shingles than we realized.   As a result, we got a new roof.  This was one job I refused to have Bob do!!



 He lined the upper drive with landscape timbers and added a split rail feature to the entrance.

We thought that looked so nice, he added more split rails to the upper drive entrance.



 The arbor was finished off with lattice sides.  There is a red drift rose bush on each side in the front of the arbor. 

What we thought was tornado damage to flooring in the house was actually caused by too much moisture in The crawlspace.  Bob had to hire a fellow to dig a trench alongside the house, and then Bob put in a French drain to channel the runoff water to the backyard.

He needed gravel for the trench and spread the extra along the upper drive.

So we now have two red maple trees, two new crape myrtles, two red drift rose bushes, and a  tea olive tree.  And to our delight, the old crape myrtle is rebounding.    Although most of the trees in the lot across the road were destroyed, the land is greening up again, and all of this makes for a very pretty view for me looking through our kitchen window.  GOOD JOB, BOB!!!