outside living, mostly done

after three days work, the retaining wall/patio duo was nearly almost completely done - what's now missing are plants: ground cover between the paving stones and ferns along the perimeter (it is, after all, called fern valley).

but until then, reader, behold the following: new and improved outside living!





the baron would like to note here that outside living is hard work and not without some danger. during the construction of the new and improved fern valley, the baron backed sharply into one of the wall stones, hammered her left hand while trying to shape one of the wall stones, and tamped her left big toe while trying to ready the fill dirt for pavers. also, at one point the husband and the baron exchanged these words (while he was moving fill dirt into the patio area):

the husband: "dude, i think that's a bone."
the baron: "what? like an animal bone."
the husband: "no dude. like part of a leg bone."
the baron: "..."
the husband: "..."