Well most of the wall is up but we have had rain delays and shortages of block delays.

What can you say we have never been short of anything before and always have many pieces left over that we are storing.  But when it came to this we were short of the wall blocks but had lots of capstone that will be returned.  I am glad as I don't need extra stone around and getting i the way of landscaping.

There was of course a different crew who did the wall although one day there were six guys here to help out.  It turns out the blocks I was going to haul to the backyard were heavy and giving the young guy moving them some trouble.  I'm so glad Brian decided to hire them to do that, I don't think I'd be moving much if that hauling had been left to just me.

We had company for a while so that slows us down as well.  We should be just about done most visiting by November so if it doesn't snow we could still get work done outside.

Love the pebble deck.

Waiting for stone.

Marking where we want the stairs.

These guys were beat at the end of the day.

The older guy did all the placing of stone the younger guy was the muscle.

Starting to look like a wall.

One stair down.  the side walls joining the stairs took a long time to chisel and fit.

This has to go up four more levels. 

Marking where the fence might go.

I love this wall.

First two levels are glued to keep them steady on the concrete base.

E/B