June 24, 2000

Entering the south side yard from the front porch, you see roses on either side of your path and an evergreen pear growing along the wall in front of you. A portable firepit may blaze in front of a flagstone-topped seatwall. Where the wall turns, a short curved segment of glass block wall rises. The glass block is lit from behind at night. You step down off the front porch onto flagstone set in sand with "growies" (that's a technical term!) -- possibly one or more types of creeping thymes -- soften the edges of the flagstone. Pilasters on the wall punctuate the wall and add places where a seated reader could lean backward against something.

Here is the view from the front corner.

Here is the side yard as seen from the back corner. By the way, this sketch was done before final details were worked out, so if you're wondering which is right, the plan is. Return to the main page or continue around the yard to the south part of the back yard.

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