Sanford and Son meets the Beverly Hillbilies

This is what was hidden behind that wooden section of fence you see from the front yard. I know it’s a mess. There’s the cheap tin shed, our gardening tools, the trash cans, branches from a tree we pruned ourselves, a piece of plywood we have nailed to the side of the house to cover up the previous owners doggie door, (if a dog can get out a raccoon can get in!), and last but not least the worst “no, no” of all… firewood stacked on the deck up against the house. All of this stuff has since been removed and it is now the site of a very nice dog run. The plywood has been removed from the side of the house and is now been properly mended and painted, and there's no more litter in the yard just two dog houses. By the way, the dark brown section of wood planking, in the upper right hand corner, is our neighbor’s idea of a good fence.

A $3000 Lesson

The guys who built the shed did such a good job we asked them to build us a carport as well. We were so excited to have something to keep the pinecones, sap and other debris from hitting our cars. We had it painted the same color as the house and shed so it matched and I put a beautiful green wreath on the front of it with some classy numbers. It really added to the property and it was functional. We had it for two years and when they resurfaced the street the county cited us for not having a permit and it being 3 ft on the easement, and they made us take it down. If it would have been even with the trunk of the pine tree they probably wouldn't have bothered us at all. It made us so mad! It’s not like we live in the city. We live in a very rural area in the middle of a national forest we will probably never have sidewalks. It was an expensive $3000 lesson.