Patios

Several folks have asked for pictures of the completed patios. Here you go!

One of our projects yesterday was to cut off the posts that extended well above the back wall (see previous post). According to the neighbors, these used to be part of a very tall privacy screen along the back and south side. Apparently the screen was put in two owners ago, but only the posts remain.

She Who Must Be Obeyed held the top part of the post while I did the cutting (the family Sawzall is getting a lot of use!). Everything was going well until... the blade made the the final cut. She was surprised by the weight and how top-heavy it was, and then lost the piece over the wall into the neighbor's yard. No one got hurt, but she looked puzzled and asked, "Now what?" I just grinned back and said, "You walk around and get it."

On the second post I gave her the opportunity to make the final cut while I held the post. No problems, but power tools are now back into my domain ("You hold it like a toooy"...) and the remaining posts went without incident.