'New' lawn!

And here is a picture of the swing tree minus leaves. It's still a beautiful tree:

And pond garden: if you look closely, there are still flowers!
And fyi, the down spout on the porch is not connected:

Inside: all is fine. I watered the plants, and listened to and erased all the political messages on the phone. I closed the sun room shades: it's supposed to get to freezing this weekend!