Scattered sunlight.
One of my favorite places to watch the sun go down, this is a view from my patio west. The rays of light are falling against my “shade garden.” It started as a rocky spot in the lawn between two trees.
When we first moved here, this spot was a pain to mow, and the tree roots made the lawnmower groan and clack. So I put in a bunch of hardy perrenials that could withstand the jet stream west wind, and the rest is history. This garden has been thoroughly neglected over the past 10 years and continues to bring color and joy to the yard.
It once had a mulch path, and a plan for expansion to the nearby pines that give our place its name. However, things don’t always go according to plan; still it frames a wonderful view out west on these summer evenings.