Put them hardhats on again

Time to return to the other impetus for the blog.






The landscapers started on our patio/walkway on Thursday. You can see the fractures here. They resemble the fractures coursing through our bank account as we shell out for this project.






The guys took Friday off because of the rain and plan to resume Monday and Tuesday.



They worked pretty hard Thursday in the wet mud. I wouldn't have enjoyed working in our yard in those conditions. Claire sure relished watching them out the back door.





The patio will be made up of flagstone atop fine gravel and sand. The flagstones in the patio will have enough room between them to allow for small plantings of mint groundcover and for rainwater to filter to the roots of the cedar. The design, intricately devised with a spray-paint can, leaves borders along the fence for flowers, shrubs and CeeCee's treasures.














A flagstone path will lead from the patio around the side of the house and then diagonally through our garden to the gate. This will be a much improved course from the current muddy path we must walk to get from the front to back.




In front of the house, we'll tear up our cracked concrete sidewalk and replace it with an exposed cement sidewalk leading to the front steps. A flagstone path will curve off to the south toward the gate.






If only the rain would let up so we could grill out!