Yard of the weak or week:-)

Years ago, probably two or three years after we moved into our home we were surprised to receive the yard of the week award by a committee in our town. We found it amusing because we really didn't feel deserving of it. We had a few flowers and we mowed and watered our lawn every week but that was about it. This is the write up they put in the paper and the pictures we took years ago. It's kind of fun to look at and compare them from then to now.

Yard of the Week
Colors of summer noted in Winners

With the summer season winding down, there will not be too many more weeks left in the Yard of the Week Contest in Pleasant Grove. The Yards for the week, plus one left over from last week, belong to Randy and Larraine Maag, 977 E. 1000 North; Tom and Suzette Carter, 890 S. 500 East; Les and Judy Smith, 698 So. Mohawk; Stan and Robyn Sapp, 775 N. 300 East; Neil and Gwen Percival, 310 W. 1100 North; and Robert and Judy Schow, 2535 Canyon Road.

The winners receive a certificate and have a sign proclaiming them as a Yard of the Week placed in their front yard. At the end of the contest, in mid-September the Beautification Commission will announce the three top yards for the entire summer. If you have any suggestions for the judges for Yard of the Week please contact Councilman Dale Warburton.

Needless to say we were not one of the winners.

Look how young Les looked!! And look at his hair and mustache, and get a load of those glasses!!:-) His hair was brown and he had a lot more of it, and look at the little shrub behind him next to the pillar on the porch, look how tiny. Look at the Aspens behind Les, they look like Twigs. There not much taller than he was.
Speaking of HAIR...I really did have some at one time, and it grew back then!!!! Oh the good ole days:-]

Saturday when I got home from the temple Les said, "come here I want to show you something." We walked outside into the front yard and look what I found in the flowers... It's not the yard of the week any more, it's the Beautification Award now. Lets compare then to now. Les probably still weights about the same as he did back then. His hair is grey with a little brown, glasses are smaller and no mustache. And that tiny little Shrub in the photo above look at it now.

And those Aspen trees that were just little twigs, wow have they changed!!! And as for me, I have more wrinkles, less hair, a FEWmore lbs. Les just seems to get better and more distinguished with age. We enjoy working in our yard there's something about working with your hands in the dirt. Maybe it takes us back to our childhood days playing in the sand pile and making mud pies. But our yard seems to be our little piece of heaven on earth because we can take care of it and beautify it. Les always says he doesn't have any hobbies, yard work is his only hobby.