The changing scenery

I'm not entirely sure why, perhaps its because summer is here, or because of the Olympics, but there have been workers outside my window creating a garden. And they've done a semi-decent job. Hell, it would be nice if people walking past couldn't see into my room, and certainly some flowers wouldn't go astray, but it's not too shabby indeed.

From this, in winter:



To this, in summer:



And there are definitely no water restrictions here. The new grass gets watered twice a day for about an hour at a time. Pity they couldn't wash my windows at the same time.