Blue Stone Walkways

Another day and a lot of progress was made!  These photos were taken March 28th- we were happy that the threat of snow seemed to be gone and things were moving right along!

More stone was delivered...

Progress is also being made on the stone wall that will be in front of the pavilion...

Heading down the Garden Path

As I was leaving for work the next morning, the landscapers were arriving to mark out the pathways.  A big truck was also parked on the side of the road to deliver the stone for the steps!

When I got home from work, the stone was unloaded and it was exciting to see that a lot of the gravel was in place for the pathways...

We still have the old fence up so the dog can still run free.  Soon we're going to have to start walking him on the leash until the new fence is in place.

Stumped

Day 1 of the landscapers' work... they dropped off a tractor to get the big stump out of the backyard from the tree we cut down.

We now get to move on to getting the walkways put in!

Storm Trouble

Although we were able to get the half-dead tree down before the storm arrived on March 2nd, we ran into trouble from the pine trees.

The first hit was a big limb that came down on the Well House roof.  Here's a photo from during the storm...

The roof on the building is 100 years old and slate.  Not going to be fun to get that replaced! 

Here's a photo of it from behind the Well House... you can see the pointy branch on the pine tree, where the limb broke off.

The next hit was a huge pine tree that was behind the big barn.  It sideswiped the building- luckily not a direct hit, but it did knock it off kilter.

Another storm was scheduled to be coming through (will spring ever arrive?!?), so we had to quickly get the hole in the roof covered so it doesn't mess up the recently finished gym!

We have our work cut out for us... weekends full of chopping those trees up and trying to schedule the insurance guy, roofer, and a structural engineer.  

This was not a part of our spring plans!

Clearing the Way

I've got a bit of catching up to do!
Before the landscaper could begin work, we needed to take care of a few things back there.  So, I bring you back to February...

Unfortunately, there was a tree that needed to come down.  It was rotted on one side, and we had been trying to get it healthy with trimming it over the past few years, but it was too far gone.

I was holding my breath as it came down, but Mike's gotten quite good at landing it right where he likes.  He took the rest of the afternoon to chop it up.  That will be good firewood for next year.

The forecast had a Nor'Easter coming in this week, so we really wanted to get the tree down and cleaned up- mission accomplished!