Parking strip...Done!

We have just completed one of our largest summer projects. We wanted to redo our parking strip because parking strips are rather useless and difficult to water. Here's what it looked like halfway through the excavation project:

After many hours of back breaking work, including several trips to the dump, and moving tons of rock, here is the result:

From the same spot as the partial excavation above.

From the opposite end

We think it came out pretty nice. Now if we can keep the grandkids and the neighbor kids from moving the rocks around (hint, we've already had trouble with this), we have one project that is completed and won't have to be done again. That's always a good thing.

Snow at last

April snow showers bring May flowers? The biggest storm since the winter of 2013-2014 hit the Salt Lake Valley and deposited 9" in our city of West Valley. Too bad I was sick today, and stayed home from work and won't be able to do the same tomorrow for a last gasp ski day. I would dearly love to go.
The good thing is, by the end of the day, I was nearly back to normal. The kidney stones or whatever it was that was causing great pain, had largely subsided, praise the Lord. I went out and took a few pictures of the snow.

Yesterday, as part of the "Titanic Day" the heavy winds blew over our fence.

The lilac bush was collapsed by the weight of the snow.

I think it's going to be a few days before I can work on the raised beds again. And clean up the yard.

Anna is our little snow lover and has been waiting all season for enough snow to actually play in.

It has been snowing off and on all day and we couldn't be more grateful for it. The Lord has answered our prayers. Last I heard, Snowbird had received 22 inches and it was still snowing.