A Big Project Is Finished!

Shadow Shot Sunday

Here's one of our concrete workers using his long handled trowel tool to signal the concrete truck down the street. It just happened! What a week--rain and more rain and in between we had this huge project...I need a vacation now that it's almost finished.

Skip over to Tracy's blog and see all the very unique Shadow Shots! Mine are boring and blahhhhhh compared to those you'll find in her weekly collages. She does a great job on the meme!

Happy new week, everyone, and thanks for looking!

Exercising Patience with Concrete Work

Monday was spent watching the workers prepare the new sidewalk area and driveway (it's huge--3 car width). Tuesday brought the concrete trucks and some fast moving concrete workers to get the job done. Our driveway is half-poured and curing nicely.

But God had other plans for the last half! A big thunderstorm came through our area Tuesday afternoon and evening. Thankfully we didn't get the high winds and hail that people north of us got. Huge trees were uprooted, roofs were blown off, and 3,000 homes are still without electricity.

Yesterday our city street crew started painting lines in front of our house and the neighbor's house. When we asked whattsup with that, we found out that they plan to replace a width of the street early next week! So glad we asked!

WHOAAA! Now the driveway project is on hold until the street work is completed. NO WAY are we going to risk having our driveway jackhammer-damaged.

We WILL be patient and trust that the job will get done well in God's time. More photos to come...maybe one showing me with my rollerblades on and taking a whirl.

A blessing from the storm=cooler and pleasant air and almost NO humidity! Thank You, God!

Out with the Old Square Corners...

Here's an art form right in our front yard ...

Yesterday the concrete flatwork workers came to rip out the old driveway and sidewalk and form the new areas.

Today the concrete trucks are here, and the men are working fast and furiously to create the new driveway and sidewalk. It's exciting! And loud machines and cement trucks are like magnets to get neighbors out of their houses to gather together.

I'm so happy with the curves that replace the square corners for a softer, more welcoming look, and with a wider step to the front porch along with a wider sidewalk winding its way to the step. Everything looks more balanced now with the double front doors. It's truly a collaboration of artists to achieve an eye-appealing entry! It will be fun to add the impatiens and Stella de Oro lilies to the new area.

Some "after" photos will follow.

I'd like to be scrappingly creative today, but while the A/C is pumping and the high outdoor heat is keeping me out of the gardens, I've decided to ZIP off the wallpaper border in our hallway--a relic from the long-past "country" look--and on the next "indoor working day" I'll paint with fresh White Chocolate. That makes me hungry...