Yes - the lawn was rolled after seeding. It is really warming up over the next few days hopefully that will make things pop. I can tell that the existing grass is starting to grow - but I am most concerned about the bald spots where I must get grass growing so the county dirt police will accept it. In those areas - I can see a tiny amount of sprouting and a lot of seeds. Many of the seeds look to be secured in with a light film of dirt. Some are just sitting up on top of the dirt. I see on highway construction projects when I drive in to work how they seed and straw and the grass seems to grow quickly even when it is cold out. I was expecting that kind of result with the rye grass - not the fescue or KGB in the mix. Is the rye as sensitive to ground temp as the other seeds?

I did it for four or five years. The trees I got then mostly were not much more than dormant whips or sticks...and I had a perennial house in which to pot them and baby them a bit until they were old enough to withstand planting out. I had decent success rate, especially if you consider them essentially 'freebies' but found that they are marked with some paint, and sometimes the markings are not even visible or questionably so. A few each year had no visible roots and/or croaked. My daughter ordered some last year and planted hers out directly with a good success rate, but they looked like a lot better specimens than they used to send. I did have problems with this source, however, when I ordered fruit trees. I paid for full dwarf trees, and not a one of them are, nor even semi-dwarf. They are all standards. This presented a problem in that they ended up spaced too close for their size, and it also takes a standard tree longer to bear. I also ordered two seckle pears, and ended up with ornamental bradford pears and it took me five years for them to fruit to find out.

Tisha Cherry, food artist. https://instagram.com/tishacherry/

My happy place has to be our front portal. Not only are the chairs comfortable, but whether I'm sitting out there reading by myself, visiting with our friends. eating a meal, watching a gorgeous sunset, or cozying up in front of a crackling fire on a cold Autumn or Winter's evening, it always feels cozy and welcoming to me. And to my family and our friends. My chair is the one right next to the red one. Ahhh! In front of our main seating area is one of my many flower beds. The birdbath, seed and hummingbird feeders are very popular and well-used. That's my Knight in the bed, probably watching a lizard (LOL): Our dining area, and beyond that another seating area with my porch swing: Off to the other side of the portal is an adobe banco (bench/sofa). It's a nice place to watch the sunset. With a margarita makes it even more so! And, finally, just one more reason why I love this place, the views and sunsets here: