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Patio almost complete!

Just need to pack the sand between the bricks.
Here are some side views:

And here’s the view looking out the back door. They also put the stairs in the berm and took out all the old, overgrown, weedy mess that was in there:

More backyard progress

The bulk of the single, wide step is complete, and the patio is underway:

Redoing the backyard – phase one

Kath and I decided we have WAY too much money laying around, so we decided to spend some of it on a backyard redo. Phase one: tear off the deck. Ed came by with his chainsaw and we gave that deck what for:

More images in the gallery.

Uninvited guest

Well, now we know why we hear all that chirping while we sit at the computer in the guest room, which is right behind this bird’s new home.

A productive day so far

Excellent progress today on the home improvement front. Since the boys woke up at 5:54am today (yes, you read that correctly), I had a new faucet purchased AND installed well before lunch.[1] Thomas was my helper while Daniel attended his first soccer game of the season with his chauffer/coach/mom.
Here is the new faucet, in [...]