Springfield Beach House

I didn't get a chance to snap a good shot of these stunners (other than the last pic of one being unloaded from the truck). We'll have six of these beautiful Quaking Aspens in our new and improves back yard. These super fast-growing lovelies will be located near our new patio (which we hope will be coming in Fall 2022!), and they will provide some beautiful green leaves that "quake" when they blow in the breeze.

We have these trees at our own home and love them so much we wanted them here too! These Aspens have beautiful silver bark, really cool round leaves and turn a gorgeous yellow color in the fall.

Are you as much as a fan as I am? I think I may just order more.

Happy birthday to our fearless leader, Sarah! She turns the big 4-0 today! Sarah keeps all the things running smoothly here at the beach house and was integral to making all of this happen - the yard, the house, the everything! - with her crazy schemes and dreams.

Happy birthday, Sarah (wherever you may be on your surprise birthday trip)?

We have one accent tree that I'm super excited about. I'm not sure why I had to have this one, but I've seen a few of them and just think they're really unique and kind of fun. This one will be at about the halfway point in the yard and hopefully you can spot it this summer if you come stay with us. Any guesses as to what this one is?

Hint: it's crying!

It was quite an ordeal to get some of our plants on-site. was awesome to work with for their seamless ordering and deep inventory, as was their driver Bobby who got us all the things we needed. He got a full-size semi onto our tiny little roads, but couldn't quite make the turn down our itty bitty street. Enter the forklift and lots of extra hands and we got it done with the help of our awesome landscaping crew!

So excited to see how this turns out!

This one might be kind of easy for some people, but here goes:
Three of these beauties will make an appearance in the NE quadrant of the yard. Unlike the trees from Tuesday, these are deciduous and will lose their leaves in the winter. The bark is the biggest giveaway and these are a 4-trunk variety.

I'm super excited for these!

Any guesses?