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We FINALLY finished our yard and then...

14 years ago

It SNOWED!

We have spent the entire summer working on our yard and finally completed the sod install yesterday and then this!!! The green grass looked glorious for 1 day! I thought having it done by mid-October would give us at least a few weeks of enjoyment this fall. I'm sure we'll see it again before next spring, but this is ridiculous! :)

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emilynewhome
14 years ago
Were you expecting it? Hope you mulched well!
It still looks very nice!
megradek
14 years ago
No WAY!!!!! love the basketball court :) I agree, this 'no fall, jump straight into winter' weather is ridiculous.
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iamsum
14 years ago
your house looks amazing though
crazyone
14 years ago
what is your exterior finish and color.. lovely home!
crazyhouse6
Original Author
14 years ago
We've been expecting the snow for the last few days, but normally we don't get snow this early. I was still putting a few shrubs in last night and have a couple yet to do in the front (where the ladders are sitting in an attempt to keep the dog from digging there). We have had dirt and sand all summer long, so it was nice to have a green lawn finally.

Crazyone - The exterior is James Hardie - painted onsite. I can't remember the colors offhand (although either the trim or main is Urban Putty), but can look them up if you want. I saw your posting looking for darker browns. One of our neighbors has JH in an olive color, with cream trim. It looks great and is a little less common than all the beiges and creams that we see so often here. I love the look of a nice crisp dark brown too. Good luck with your selection. We found it terribly difficult to decide.
crazyone
14 years ago
sure if you dont mind, i like yours, i have not found a photo yet of the browns but hope to as i am a real visual person
worthy
14 years ago
Nice job!

(I can't wait for the snow to cover our weeds.)
shelly_k
14 years ago
Love your house! My hubby would be drooling over your bb court! :)

We got snow too this last weekend -- yuk! But it's supposed to be in teh 60's by the weekend so I hope they are right. This is way too early for snow, even in South Dakota!
teach2007
14 years ago
So much for Global Warming! :)

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