Layers. Layers can reveal, conceal, and make something more complex. They can vary in size, texture, color, or functionality. Each layer can have its own story, meaning, or purpose. They can overlap, blend, or be distinctly separate. A layer doesn’t have to be a part of a single object but can even be a slice of a multifaceted image or scene.
Sara Rosso – The Daily Post
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted an update about our front yard project but we are still working hard and I’m happy to say we have a good chance of finishing by the end of the year.
Happy was not one of my words though when this load of sod arrived by flat-bed truck in early September. My worries increased after I asked the delivery driver how long he thought it would take us to lay the rolls. He told me we should be able to get through the pallet in about four hours but we’d have to move fast.
We had one very long, dirty evening to lay all the sod in our newly terraced upper and lower front yard and I couldn’t believe how heavy every single roll was. The layers looked kind of pretty before we started, which is why I took this picture, but after the first few minutes all I wanted to do was turn my back and walk away. Sadly that wasn’t an option.
Posted as part of the Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers
When I saw this picture my back started to hurt. 🙂 Instant gratification comes at a heafty (no pun intended) toll. I pondered sod when we put in a new lawn but the seed was a fraction of the cost an only weighed 35 pounds.
I forgot to say the picture is amazing. Many different layers woven together.
Thanks, I’m glad we got an interesting picture out of it. 🙂
We seeded the lawn at our last house and I really wanted to do it again this time. Unfortunately we knew a couple of rain storms were coming in and I was afraid the new top soil (and seed) would wash away so we ordered sod. I hurt for days!
These layers must have been “pretty” hard work! I hope to see the same picture in color some day in your future posts. Black and White has a rustic feel to it. Good choice!
It was a very hard night! I’ll look for a color picture to put up in another post. 🙂
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I was gonna ask how the landscaping project was going. Pretty awesome that the sod is down! (But I know that must’ve been a ton of hard work.) Still, so worth it, though, right? Hope everything is looking incredible!
Thanks Nancy. :). Most of the painting is done and we have a few windows left to trim then paint. Next is closing the backside of the carport now garage and building the steps to the front door. This weekend though we have to shovel 8 yards of crushed rock. My arms hurt already! It looks so much better though so it’s worth it!
And you’re getting killer workouts in, to boot!
Yes! A silver lining. 🙂
The b&w picture of the sod rolls is very artistic. I had to look at it a second time to figure out what it was.
Thanks Sheryl, I’m happy to know it stands on its own as an image
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Great shot of layers of sod.
Thanks. :). I’m glad it is behind us!
Very nice photo for layers. 😉
Thanks Ruth. 🙂
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Great shot for the challenge, works all the better in monochrome….
I’m glad you like the monochrome Sue!
I’m a sucker for a good bit of monochrome! 🙂
Excellent photo, Lisa and a very clever choice 🙂
Thanks Paula, I tried to “think outside the box” for this one. 🙂
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Interesting photo but that sounds like a lot of hard work, sorry to hear you were sore for days.
Thanks, now I am trying to get excited about the huge pile of crushed rock we need to shovel this weekend… maybe I’ll take a picture. 🙂
Sometimes it’s the little things we do to keep our motivation 🙂 Hope you had a good weekend.
It all worked out and we still had a nice weekend, 😉
Excellent 🙂
Great shot for the challenge.
janet
Thanks Janet, it’s nice to know a pile of sod can be made into something interesting. 🙂
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This photo is well captured, intriguing, and a well-thought fit for the challenge.
Thank you Marso I really appreciate your visit and your comment today.
Lisa
This looked heavy from the start – and I understand you had some hard work with it. Still, a very suitable photo for the challenge!
Thanks so much, I’m glad you like it! Yes, it was very heavy and you wouldn’t believe how muddy we were by the end. 😦
Good choice for the theme, but I totally understand the heavy, dirty work of spread them…
Thanks Amy, it is quite a chore…
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Makes for a great photo, Lisa. What a daunting task. 🙂
Thanks Sylvia. 🙂 It was a big job but looks so much better now I think it was worth it!
We re- sodded a former back yard. It is hard work to lay it out and then keep it alive. We did have to keep our dogs off of it.
It’s a great photo.
Thanks Rob, I’m glad you like the photo. It’s nice to hear more “sod” stories and share congratulations for getting through it. 🙂
fantastic shot. perfect for the theme 🙂
Thanks Kz. 🙂
Great shot, love the texture (and of course, the layers 😉 )
Thanks Aislynn, I appreciate your comment and your visit!
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Perfect and funny Lisa!
Thanks Kathryn. 🙂 I wanted to post something unique for this challenge and thought there wouldn’t be many photos of sod!
Yes and you created layers with that layer , nice : )
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what a striking image. and what a job! kudos to you for persevering!
Why thank you. 🙂 Once we started we had to finish but I’ll think twice before beginning another sod project…