Dreaming of warmer days - The Front Yard

Well- I'm sure if I have any readers left, you were waiting for someone to post notification of my death.

I'm not dead yet- I've just been so busy and unmotivated to write. Now that my descriptive drought is over, time to get back at it.

What am I most excited about? The return of warmer weather! Most people don't expect Nashville to be as cold as it is during the winter, but yes, it gets pretty chilly around here. I can hardly wait until it is warm enough to get out in the yard. While I'm waiting for Mother Nature to cooperate, I can at least begin to plan.

I think my first project will be the front yard. I love my house dearly, but there are a few things that bug me. First, there a lovely weeping cherry tree out there that is way way way too close to the front walk. Below that is a hunk of ornamental grass that would look great - if it wasn't directly under the weeping cherry tree. The entire bed is lined with rough stones in this semi-antiquated bean shape. The icing on the cake is the pergola/awning thing that sits (or rather sat- in a moment of frustration I ripped it out of the ground) at the end of the walk beside the driveway. This past spring it was an explosion of vine-y flowers, which looked lovely, but rendered the walkway completely unusable.