Last weekend, I continued creating the little dry creek or arroyito, that
runs through the new cactus garden beside WP668, our backyard caboose.
I have many sizes of stones and three colors of gravel with which to create
the illusion of a natural creek bed. Picking through the stones for those
of the best shape and color and then fitting them together takes time.
Pictures follow.
John and I have also been hunting contractors to work on WP668. I can tell
that our local housing industry is in trouble because I am getting calls back from
my messages and estimators will come out to give us a bid within just a few days
even though ours is a small job. (To give you a comparison, it took 8 years
to find someone who would put a fancy stucco finish on our cabana because the
job was too small.) This week, we have finally found a metal roofing supplier
plus someone to install the linoleum floor. Those projects should be done within a
month. The stained glass should also be completed and installed before June.
We are still looking for a woodworker to build 8′ x 16′ of floor to ceiling glassed
bookcases and a window seat. We found someone who agreed to do the work but then he
got too busy.
Arroyito photos:
Partly done
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Arroyito overview
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Work in Progress
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Images Copyright 2008 by Katy Dickinson
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