The Junius Heights Historic District Yard of the Month award for September goes to 726 Lowell. Rod and Isabella Russell-Ides moved into their 1915 Craftsman bungalow in 1995, at that time It was a reddish-orange brick house with a flat dirt yard begging for love. A clean slate waiting for this couple’s artist touch. Isabella said, “It was like adopting the orphan on the block.” Much has changed since then. With Isabella’s green thumb and attention to detail and Rod’s interesting and unique sculptures, the house is certainly worthy of a walk-by. Rod built the retaining walls and curved walkway embedded with quarried stone.