Fourteen inches of snow have obliterated all signs of my backyard garden.

The exterior of the house remains vastly unchanged, with the exception of the backyard garden which has been turned into a parking lot.

It includes two huge terraces, an outside fountain, and a symmetrical backyard garden.

The couple places the notes inside a wooden box and buries it in the backyard garden.

The population hovered around 5,500 residents, most of whom lived in small homes with little backyard garden plots.