Rainy earlier this week, it was still moist Saturday morning, so I let things dry out a bit. I did a little house maintenance that day: cleaned the trap in the bathroom sink and cleaned the stopper for the bathtub ( Read more... )

The State of the Yard at Zolacmanor is abyssmal, but has clear possibilities ( Read more... )

The first level of the retaining wall is glued to the second all the way around ( Read more... )

Today I completed the retaining wall in front of our house! It is not finished yet, though ( Read more... )

Took the day off so I could accompany Marisa when she sees the doctor ( Read more... )

If you think of the retaining wall in our front yard as a U, more than half of the U is complete. However, the finishing of the 2nd and 3rd tier on the fence line (requiring sawing a brick) and completing the top leaves more work to be completed ( Read more... )

Making progress! The bricks are ready to go for the first tier ( Read more... )

For 3-4 hours today I made progress on our front yard retaining wall ( Read more... )

While on a carrot and water diet only (although switching to bananas and water now that I ran out of carrots) I finished two more post holes and filled in the excess in the first one by first enclosing the desired hole with cardboard. By the way, good weather for this...overcase until late afternoon ( Read more... )

I seem to be slowing down. However, I am getting closer to finishing the trench ( Read more... )