With the season and then the time change it has become almost impossible to get a picture of the backyard each day. By the time I'm home from work its been dark almost two hours and its dark when I leave for work. While this is obnoxious from a photographic perspective, it's positively deadly from an exploratory perspective. There are no lights in the backyard, so the phrase "I'm going to check out the backyard" has become tantamount to leaving for an amazon underwater caving expedition. It involves flashlights, dangerous ledges, venomous spiders, and a near certainty of ending up muddy....of course, only I would attempt to do this barefooted.
Each night this week, I've crept out with my mega flashlight (useful for alerting medical aircraft in where to land and blinding/angering small animals) to view the progress on the backyard. It at first was attempted while still in my work heels, but then I discovered that to be safety hazard (to the heels), and switched to bare feet (always safe in a construction zone, as it provides better traction and quick alerting to lost sharp tools or materials). It's actually quite difficult to tell what if any progress was being made. Now with most of the trenches filled up with dirt, they seemed to be focusing on the side yard garden boxes - measuring and staking in posts for the frames. While searching for signs of progress I discovered several black widows and, accidentally, several unexpectedly muddy areas (found by way of squishy foot contact). However, one night I ventured out to discover some mighty progress had been made. I quite literally stumbled into it.
Oh my. There's a hole. A giant hole just outside our door. That's interesting. Oh look, there's another!
and another...and another...and another...and another...
Eventually I realized they were digging the holes for the pillars of our pergola (like by the third hole at least). Wonderful what exciting progress. Also should probably upgrade to shoes...
Each night this week, I've crept out with my mega flashlight (useful for alerting medical aircraft in where to land and blinding/angering small animals) to view the progress on the backyard. It at first was attempted while still in my work heels, but then I discovered that to be safety hazard (to the heels), and switched to bare feet (always safe in a construction zone, as it provides better traction and quick alerting to lost sharp tools or materials). It's actually quite difficult to tell what if any progress was being made. Now with most of the trenches filled up with dirt, they seemed to be focusing on the side yard garden boxes - measuring and staking in posts for the frames. While searching for signs of progress I discovered several black widows and, accidentally, several unexpectedly muddy areas (found by way of squishy foot contact). However, one night I ventured out to discover some mighty progress had been made. I quite literally stumbled into it.
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and another...and another...and another...and another...
Eventually I realized they were digging the holes for the pillars of our pergola (like by the third hole at least). Wonderful what exciting progress. Also should probably upgrade to shoes...
Day 25 status: Holy Backyard
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| See? Its got a halo and everything... |
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