Cement

When you do your own home improvement projects, the progress can be painfully S L O W. However, we finally have made another step forward. We are at the mercy of the time constraints of people who have volunteered to help us, or in this case, the after hours avaliabilty of the cement guy.

I am excited to have some usable space under the deck for storage of outdoor furniture, kids toys and pools and even a place for the kids to play. The dirt and rocks that were there were gross and unfriendly whenever you dropped something between the deck boards and had to climb under to retrive it.

This photo is taken from the sliding glass door in the kitchen looking down. In the recent rainfall we have watched the water run properly away from the house and into the grass, so the guy did a good job.

Now that the rains have subsided, Karl is also able to get to work on the fence that blew down in March. The neighbors are renters so the landlord is less than helpful about sharing in the neighborly split of the fence costs....

Picnic Quilt

For my daughter-in-law's birthday I made a Picnic quilt.