Fence destruction photo-essay

Above: Walter in our crab apple tree.

Busy week. I have a ton of things I have to do between now and Friday morning, when I leave for Balticon, so today's post is more a photo-essay than a written post.



Between the back fence starting to collapse and our impending garden revamp, we decided to replace the fencing around our backyard. This involved talking to multiple neighbours who shared this fencing, but fortunately they were all fine with the idea.



Jeff put out the call to our friends, and asked me if I'd be willing to make lunch on the holiday Monday. I said sure; he said I'd be cooking for about 4-5 people including us.




However, I think he underestimated the generosity of our friends (as well as the appeal of being asked to destroy someone else's property :-D).



I had been planning to take more photos but was too busy panicking about what to feed all these people. I ended up making a big pot of soup from a bunch of ingredients I scrounged from our freezer, fridge and pantry: chicken, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, kidney beans, parsley, thyme, oregano, a bit of cayenne pepper, and chicken broth.



It actually tasted much better than I expected; it's been a very long time since I had tried cooking something from scratch without a recipe -- my last attempt was so demoralizing that I decided to stick to cookbooks. This successful venture has encouraged me to try experimenting in the kitchen some more.



Anyway, we did have enough food after all, yay!



Huge thanks to Scott Murray for volunteering to man the bbq; I think he could tell I was stressing out. :-)



That also gave me time to make some chocolate cupcakes slathered with a healthy slab of vanilla icing -- the original plan was ice cream for dessert, but it was too cold outside to make that idea too appealing. Though a few ice cream lovers did sample our Dibs -- has anyone else tried these? WAAAY addictive!



Anyway, the fence is now down. Our backyard feels strangely open. I like the open part, but not the lack of privacy part; I suspect our neighbours probably feel the same way. Hopefully we can get the new fence up soon.





Many thanks to Andy, Ray, Iain, John, Scott, Walter and Vartan for their help!





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