And speaking of following up....

Remember when we were laying out the slate tiles we decided not to use in the bathroom as a garden path? We did eventually almost finish that project. Tiles shifted here and there and it required a lot of repacking of sand and dirt (since we decided against using mortar) before the tiles decided they liked where they were and should stay...

And this is when I should be posting a follow-up "after" picture of that project. However - I missed taking that shot. In the meantime - we haven't been doing a lot of heavy duty maintenance to the yard and gardens this year -- only keeping it at bay as far as grass-cutting and the occasional weeding marathon. In addition - it's been too hot for Judge to stay outdoors much.

So.. If you take some aggressive St. Augustine grass - add to it our lack of attention - then subtract the dog who usually runs back and forth along that path 500 times a day: You get a disappearing slate path!

We don't mind the grass overtaking the path...
But something will be done about the olive vine that has eaten our gate columns.

We're not at all unhappy with this as my original intent was to do something about the muddy trail Judge was blazing back there -- and that is definitely fixed. Also - I kind of like how the slate is slowly being uncovered naturally. There's something romantic about it... Like a hint that somewhere under our yard there's something beautiful.

Or maybe I'm just lazy. :)