OUR BACK YARD VIEW - PORTLAND MAINE - YARDS THERE TEND TO BE WITHOUT FENCES - WE HAD THE BEAUTIFUL WOOD FENCE BUILT BY A NOTABLE LOCAL NAMED RON FOREST - I DID QUITE A JOB DOING TWO COATS OF STAIN - MARJIE DID A PERENNIAL GARDEN AND I PLANTED A NUMBER OF GORGEOUS LILACS AND SOME FLOWERING CRABAPPLES AT INTERVALS ALONG FENCE - MAINE HAD SOME NEAT BUSINESSES SELLING PLANTS AND THEY WERE FUN TO VISIT - THE FENCE REALLY HELPED DEFINE THE GARDEN - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE