Holey Moley

I was digging holes for the fence poles when I came upon a rock I couldn't move.
Sweet C worked on it when he came home. He was very determined.
The hole got bigger and bigger until he finally found the edges. It's hard to imagine with the photo's alone- but the thing is at least two and a half feet long and a good foot and a quarter tall.
However, we finally got the posts in, the cement poured and the fence up. Now we must wait for the gates to be custom crafted. Oh, and by the way the deck is done, but I hadn't taken a photo yet. Notice the weather this morning. We had a day new 70 degrees, and then the snow came back. Today we have had sun, then snow, sun, then snow. Pretty funny spring.

Coming along

My husband can do anything!!! (OK, maybe some of our boys can do more with computers - but he can do tons that they can't. So there! )
Yesterday, with a little help from me - I am the carpenters helper - he built the lower deck, sheathed the lower deck, built and sheathed the stairs down, and we picked up more materials to sheath the upper landing and stairs.
The day before I had picked up deck rail and fencing materials, so my next project will be digging two foot deep holes in this rocky dirt. Three foot deep where the gates attach! Wish me luck. Better yet, come help me dig. Sweet C, in the meantime, will figure out how it all goes together (he's the tinker toy guy) and be cutting and putting it together. We really are trying to get it all done before we leave for Canada (to help our daughter finish her basement - AND see the grand-babies!!!!)
It is becoming quite exciting. Even the neighbors stop to see how it's coming along. Why is it that we so love seeing things being built? I am just as interested in what I see others building. Progress is fun.