Rocky start - rocky finish

I'm not very good at _______________.

There will be many posts that start with that sentence. 

I'll just fill in a different word depending
on what it is I might be trying to do.

Today's word is landscaping.

My plan was to fill in the bare spaces in my rock bed
where the black plastic was starting to peek  glaring through.

To originally fill this area with stones,

I went to Lowes and bought 12 bags of pebbles.

A nice young man loaded my car for me,

but he couldn't go home with me.

I was so proud of myself when I got them all out of the car.

Then I discovered that I had scratched the bumper of my new car as I dragged those heavy bags out. 

That was two years ago and my wonderful 

hubby has never mentioned that snafu to me.

Fast forward to this summer.

I needed some more stone, so I asked that same 

wonderful hubby to pick it up for me.

Bless his heart.
He set out each bag where he thought I would use it.

I just opened and spread my rocks.

Do you notice anything?

How could I not have seen the difference in color?

Being the optimist that I am,
I'm holding on to the thought that they'll eventually

look the same ~ you know, after the fall rain,summer rain,

winter snow, and spring rain.

It wasn't like I could return those bags,

so I just kept ripping them open and

spreading that stone.

Did I mention the heat?

90+ and no shade.

This is my finished landscaping project.

Let's recap:

weeds pulled - check

black plastic covered - check

no car harmed this time - check

I'll get back to you next year
on whether the stones are matching.

I'm linking to
http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/