Excavation, Day 5

This is the alley between the main house (left) and the guest house (right). A week ago it was a concrete sidewalk and some scrub bushes along the sides. We're putting pavers down over the whole walkway with big planters along the walls for herbs and other plants that will do well out of direct sunlight. There's a hanging water feature going on the guest house wall across from the office window, too. (See notes.)

And there's going to be a tall curved wall that cuts across the guest house patio. I... that was Randy's go-ahead. The best part about this is that Randy had to cut through the existing patio in order to make a path for the wall, so now he's got the house jacked up. With a jack. The house. On a jack. Holding up the house. On a block of wood. On some dirt.

A jack.