Transformation of the piles

 With spring in the air, the ground has begun to dry out...and the weeds have started growing.
So, what do we do?
Well, normal households start mowing.
At our house, we hold off on the mowing as long as we can while we move the rocks and rock slabs (again) to a new spot...so we can spray the grass and weeds in order to grade the backyard.
Normal, right? 
After we moved the rock piles...again...we moved them to their final resting place and we designed what you see below.

you might be able to spot the bench and the fire pit

you can see the start of the deck area with the posts

The brick pile near the tree on the right is all the brick pulled back up from the path around the garage that was breaking.  We replaced it with stepping stone rocks and surrounded it with decorative rock that has been pulled up from the back yard. (There was decorative rock under the pool deck...and that got graded out into the yard.  So, I have walked the yard filling 5 gal buckets to retrieve those rocks and reuse them.)

We got to roast marshmallows the other night (which Joe asked several times if we would be able to do that again sometime).  And we've enjoyed having our table on the front porch this week.  Eating outside again...it's the best!!!!