Light post is installed at the driveway

Crash-pad and box for light pole project.

See the ugly pole sticking out of the ground? Rock Pole box 0 It's a light pole.

But I can get a tad wreckless on a lawn mower, so it was decided to also build a crash pad.

Rock Pole box 1 See some of the options available to use for the base pad?

Marble wins

There was just enough marble left over from the cap to make a border around the base. Rock Pole box 6 And I even had enough energy to place a bunch of stuff on the sidewalk dry (uninstalled; without mortar and without custom-cuts just to get a feel of what it might look like).

Mom was preferring any other design for the walkway though.Rock Pole box 5

Install masonry in Springfield

Great Springfield masonry installation!Great Springfield masonry installation Moment

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Masonry WalkwayTrying to see whether marble chips or river rock would look better.

firepit

Some extra retainer block stacked in an ever-changing configuration.

firepit

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