I apologise for the hiatus in postings. On November 7, the smallest member of the crew went missing and hasn't been seen since. I can only hope he is resting comfortably with someone who can appreciate his many talents. All other scenarios are unacceptable. I have been overcome with grief and not felt much like perpetrating cheery construction banter. But here we go again. I must get caught up.
As advertised, Zack and the big digger arrived to terraform our environs. Eric, a talented landscaper who has worked with Zack before, was away on a hunting trip to Anticosti Island, so it was Matt who played chicken with the big scoop. Much earth was moved. Many large stones were shifted. It looked like this:
Creating a sloped pathway to the front door.
The view from the other side
where Matt had begun shingling under the eaves.
Matt holding one of the cement forms that will eventually
support the screen porch. Zack operating with much delicacy.
A rustic stairway built from our bumper crop of big stones.
The first flight leads to barbecue and bread oven level.
The second leads to the parking area.
Matt corrected me. It's not a chair.
It's a beer table.
Zack arranged more big stones down the incline to make a pool.
Our drainage will run into it so we'll hear running water
from the comfort of our screen porch.
Landscaping as seen from the side dining room window.
Matt puts his imprint on our house with his waves.
He said we shouldn't have left him alone...
Eric returned from his hunting trip, recovered from a cold,
and prepared a cement pad to support our propane tank,
up by the garage. Cooking stove and heating (pseudo wood)stove
will run on propane.
The shingling nears completion.
Yes, it is that gorgeous.
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