Cherry on the cake

This summer, we’ve been focusing on our backyard. Evelyne has worked hard on her plants, weeding them religiously and lately, replanting them into new locations for a more balanced and colorful arrangement that will materialize next spring. I, for my part, have been laying two pallets worth of flagstones, defining a complete path that now circumnavigates the entire garden. We included two seating areas: We first installed our “Alta Supreme” swinging chair on one of them and there still was one space left. I had envisioned a die-cast metal love-seat but instead, Evelyne astutely convinced me to get another stone bench. We already had one installed in our front yard and we love it - even though we hardly ever use it. So yesterday we hooked the trailer to the car and drove to our favorite stone retailer in nearby Heber to pick up the bench. Ed, our neighbor, helped me lay the super-heavy top stone on its two legs and voilà, we were offering yet another sitting arrangement to our backyard visitors. Will it get much use? I doubt it, but its sleek top surface is poised to receive a generous amount of magpie droppings, and that's free quality fertilizer!