Night shots

Here are a few of the same shots taken at twilight with the lights on.  The Christmas tree is still up on the Evita Porch and the ice-cycle lights are on the step railing.

Finished house outside

Here are a few pictures of the exterior of the house during the daytime.  These are all looking toward the front of the house.  It's hard to get a picture of the back, and there's not much to see back there anyway.

This is the front door.

The front porch from the west side.
The front of the house standing at the bottom of the steps (garage level).  You can see that we've planted camellias in the big bed just below the steps.
The front of the house from the street.

Fence and side yard

This is the new fence going in.  This will enclose the back yard for the dogs.

This is a funny shot that won't mean much, but I was trying to get a picture of the side yard at night after we spread the pine straw that you can see in the next picture.  The fog was rolling in, and with the flash that's about all you can see.




Here's that same view taken without the flash.  This is the yard that's on the east side of the house.  We had a couple of guys here today working to clean it up, and it looks so much better!  The fence to the right is the new privacy fence between us and our neighbors to the east.  The fence in the back is the shorter one going across the back yard.  It's done in what they call a shadowbox style to match the style of the house.  Our fountain will go into this part of the yard as well as a concrete table and benches.  The grill will live out here, too, and once we get it bricked (the next phase) it will be a sort of outdoor kitchen.
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A night shot of the steps leading up to the house with lights on the railing.  That concrete bench will stay there for visitors to rest at the top of the stairs.

This is the front of the house with more pine straw.  We're having to cover everything with it at this stage just to try to keep down the mud and sand being tracked into the house.  It also looks a lot better than just plain dirt.

Christmas is here, and we've decorated the upstairs balcony as well as the stairway up to the house.  Here's the tree on the balcony taken from below.

Here it is from the balcony.


A night shot of the house with Christmas lights.