Sides on the Structure

We are surprised at the amount of work that quickly takes place daily in this building process. We thought the framers were going to work on the front and back porch beams today and instead they started siding in the house. The above picture is of the living room side of the house and the other a front view of the house. The two beams on the front are some of the supports to the second story balcony.
Today one of the nursery designers from San Angelo we contacted came out to help us with some landscaping ideas. We asked for his help on just the front of the house. We had visioned more of a natural landscape of rock and drought tolerant plants for the front since we will not have a front lawn. He was very helpful with ideas, took measurements, and will get back with us in a few weeks.