Miscellaneous Landscaping Continued...

Yesterday I ran out of time to share all the pictures that I took of my yard so I am finishing up tonight.  Keep in mind that I am not a professional and most of the areas are a work in progress but I am still very proud of them.  My hope is that by sharing what I have done that someone may find inspiration with at least one little detail.

Hammock

This is my little retreat.  Of course I share it with my family but I call it mine.  I bought this hammock last year for myself for Mother's Day.
I had my husband put the poles in the ground and then I planted some clematis on the ends to grow up the poles but they didn't make it over the winter.
Oh, I just read that July 22nd is National Hammock Day!!!  That got me a little excited.  Now I have a reason to relax on it without feeling guilty.
 
Sign

I love this sign!!!  A local lady made it for me.  I had it propped on a shelf for years and decided to finally get after my husband to put it out.  He found the post to hang it on in the woods before we moved into the house we live in now and had it propped against the garage wall since then.  He finally did it...
With the special amount of encouragement (some would call it nagging) I convinced my husband to prepare the post and put my sign out.  We put it by the kids playhouse.  It didn't really look good with our house but since the kids have a log cabin as a playhouse (built by my husband) it looked awesome.  I will share pictures of the playhouse at some point too.  We still need to chink it and put a small deck on the front.  I plan to wait until those are done before I post pictures.


Volleyball Net / Badminton

This is a simple one to share with you.  Some of my kids are at the age now that they like to play badminton and volleyball.  Since they have friends over a lot we purchased a badminton set and put it up.  It was a cheap one but it was great for a start.  Needless to say, it didn't last long before the poles were broken.  I came up with the perfect solution.  We went to Menards and purchased some 4x4 posts.  Cemented them in the ground and bought some hooks.  Then I hooked carabiners to the net and hooks and it works absolutely perfect.
 
Pergola

Okay, this is the last picture I am going to be sharing with you today.
This is, once again, is new this year.  I purchased it in the winter when the stores first began setting out their summer stuff.  As you can see by the lack of landscaping, it was assembled in early spring before all the hostas etc. began to grow.
My gazebo finally broke this winter.  It lasted a long time (about 8 or 9 years).  So, I took that as my opportunity to get my pergola.  I have wanted one for a long time but just couldn't justify it on account of the fact that I had the gazebo.
Since the picture was taken, I have done a little bit of landscaping.  Not much because I want to put patio blocks under it and do not want to have to tear out all the plants that I would be planting.  For now all I have under it is an old rug and the furniture I had for the gazebo.  Next year will be the year that gets finished.  I try to only allow myself so many projects in one year and that one is one that did not make this year's to do list.