Envisioning the "Entrance" to our Backyard
There's this spot on the rear/side of our house - right next to the screened-in porch and behind the garage that is sandwiched up against the fence and is on a grade appears to be the likely 'entry point' for our backyard. Right now, it is grass (some of it yellowed!) and a few stepper stones that you can see above. The concrete pad that you see on the left is the bottom of a few steps that come out of my office and is right behind one that comes out from the side door of our garage. Behind where I'm standing when I took this photo is one of the fence gates. The grade poses a problem and that's revealed by the current installation. You have to kind of walk sideways on the pavers as they make the turn on their angles. It is *fine* for now. But, not ideal. The first thing that pops into my mind is to contemplate how we engineer or build out a little footbridge that incorporates a water feature/pond. I can imagine excavating a good portion of the area whe