So I finally managed to get some pictures taken of the courtyard yesterday, so here are the highlights (all the pics are on my flickr page)…

top view (note all the pipes and stuff behind the screen):

top view

onlookers:

onlookers

the patio furniture (“conversation set”):

patio furniture

the planter box (and hosta):

the planter box

the trellis:

the trellis

begonias:

begonias

impatients:

impatients