Imagine how nice and cool this place will be in the summer.  It's absolutely gorgeous.  Who needs a flat roof for a rooftop garden? 

This is for Dave, who loves himself a rain chain.

Awesome idea for a playhouse- the gypsy caravan. It's adorable and not a complete eyesore to have in your backyard. And what kid doesn't like pretending to be a gypsy?

All right Dave, I have found an outdoor office for you! How awesome is this? And your falcon could live in one of the trees. And you could train it to send me love notes. Though I would like you to write them, not the falcon. He can write his own.

We both are liking the cobblestone pathways but this herringbone looks rather nice. We should consider latticing the wall of a side door or back door with some nice climbing flower. Are these the kinds of things that only look good for a year or two while it grows?

The coolest outdoor fireplace! I love the grass coming up between the tiles. But I'm still looking for a picture of an indoor/outdoor fireplace like at the cabin. That would be the ideal situation- roasting marshmallows and hot dogs in the summertime, everyone grasping their kinked metal coat hanger and enjoying a night outside.

All right, Dave. You say you want a dock in the backyard for your pygmy kayak, so I'm going to up the ante- backyard dock, with a swing.

Ooh, we should have your office in the boat house that you have to walk through to get to the dock. The dock could be your backyard.

The herringbone pattern of the brick is rather nice.

The outdoor shower! Perfect for when you get back from the beach. I love the fixture and the metal bucket hanging down.

This is a space I would love to create: the cobblestone patio, the ivy covered tree, the gorgeous big tree in the background, the lazy hammock waiting to be used.

Remember the time we were out driving and you saw something like this and you spent about 20 minutes telling me all the things we could use it for? I thought you were crazy. Mostly because you kept calling it a fortification or something like that and it reminded me of how you want to have a German tank someday (for the kids to play on?!). But I kind of love this. It's charming and beautiful and we could have offices in it and the kids could play Rapunzel... But it mist have a balcony and exterior shuttered windows. Or interior, those would be cool, too.

I think we should each have our own little outdoor offices. Connected by tin can telephones so I can tell you funny jokes.

I could live in a house made out of multiple little rooms like this. One for eating, one for reading, one for drinking hot chocolate while wrapped in blankets just after dusk, one for growing poppies in mismatched pots.
I love the little cobblestone walkway with the grass growing around it- not completely straight and tidy, just charming.

I think this was saved by Dave, who is dying to have his own private dock. I agree that it is awesome, especially if we could childproof it somehow. And no, tying the kids to life preservers doesn't count.

We have agreed we both love tree lined streets and weeping willows... So here we have trees overhanging and growing together. I usually don't like the white twinkly lights, but I think this is gorgeous. I love how the leaves are lit and the ambiance it makes.

Is it trashy to have your Christmas lights up all year if you turn them on all year too? Because this would look pretty cool with those big colored bulbs from the 70s too.

I love the idea of having this lush foresty tunnel to walk through or read under. I might not need it to be 50 feet long like this one. Maybe.