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Photographer: Josh Eckels


Original front steps

Mini-fault line

Inconveniently placed connector walkway

Original front walkway

The "good" end of the driveway

The best chunk of the whole lot

The nasty end of the driveway

Side of the garage

The deck approach

Farewell, scraggly lilac

Driveway, mostly removed

View from the garage

A little rebar

No more cement

The fault line opens a bit

The fault line opens a bit

The wall gets a tickling

Backhoe, perched gracefully on a rosemary bush

A few tire tracks

Bare chunk of the yard

Asbestos or not?

My new hot rod

A fortunately defunct sewer pipe

Remains of the lilac

A not-so-defunct sewer pipe

Forms all ready for concrete

Forms all ready for concrete

Forms all ready for concrete

Forms all ready for concrete

Forms all ready for concrete

Forms all ready for concrete

Forms all ready for concrete

The fancy new walkway, still wet

The fancy new driveway, still wet

The fancy new driveway, still wet

The fancy new walkway and driveway, still wet

The glorious new curb cut

The fancy new front steps, still wet

Finished sidewalk and driveway skirt

Don't play in the wet concrete

Don't play in the wet concrete

So much nicer

New flower bed, partially planted

New flower bed on the side of the house, partially planted

New flower bed on the side of the house, partially planted, and newly seeded grass area

New flower bed, partially planted

New flower bed, fully planted

Old flower bed, somewhat recovered from the trauma

New flower bed on the side of the house, fully planted

 

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