The Bungalow Pit

Progress in the front yard! The paths have been dug, the sand added and laid the flagstones and River Rock borders. There’s even enough leftover stone and rock to make a few more paths. Rachel wants to plant Woolly Thyme in the spaces between the flagstones once the major construction in the front starts to die down a bit. We’ve come a long way from this:

Yesterday Rachel and I went out to the Masonry Club to see what kind of stones and rocks they had for the walkways in our front yard. They had a great selection and were really helpful. We picked a pallet of their Sydney Peak stones for the walkways:

And a pallet of their medium sized River Rocks for borders and raised beds:

The semi truck and fork lift showed up 7 AM this morning:

Our driveway is now full of tonnes of rocks, stones and sand, just waiting for us to get the pathways dug and the soil evened out.

For the curious, the rocks and stones are sold by weight. The pallet of River Rocks was $300 and the Sydney Peak stones came to $485; not as bad as we’d feared.

Masonry Club • 8563 San Fernando Rd Sun Valley CA 91352 • (818) 768-3176

The death and birth of a chimney. Fireplace Freddie at work (for a very long time.)

July 2, 2007, the old chimney comes down:

August 14th, the frame is going up:

September 12th, the backer board is going up:

Two months later, November 17th, bricks are going up:

4 months overdue and $12,700 over budget, we have chimneys again.