Steady, Steady!

Since the last post, the progress has been mostly incremental and it is hard to make it look too dramatic, but here goes:

The most amount of progress has been in the back yard where the excavation for the deck foundation is progressing apace. The excavation crew have been working constantly to prepare the footing for the perimeter wall -- they are even working on Sunday.




The removed dirt is transported to the Grotto via the ad hoc dirt chute and from thence removed to unknown destinations.

Another bit of progress is the addition of tile to the floor of this shack in the back yard:

which will house, among other things, the impressive 120-Gallon water tank in this box:


Finally, the garage is cleaned up and prepared for the next concrete pour.



Now if that was not sufficiently exciting, this weekend my current neighborhood was host to an annual event known as the Folsom Street Fair. For those of you who may not be familiar with this event, the somewhat innocent term "fair" does not really apply to this particular bacchanal. Here are some of the characters we encountered at the fair:






I am pretty sure there are not a lot of county fairs that feature whipping booths. I hope to have more progress to report next week.