Chad, the pool guy, tells me that's what I am building. It's 6 ft. by 7 ft.- as big as we could squeeze onto the master bedroom deck. Tiny for a pool, biggish for a hot tub, and complete with a spectacular view!
The bluebonnets might not have been as ubiquitous this spring, but their absence seems to have opened up room for a ton of different flowers. The roadsides and hillsides are speckled with color.
Mike's guys are shoring up my wall for a 10.0 earthquake, or so it seems. Tim, the foreman, says they are doing this to keep the concrete from pushing the walls out as they pour it in the foot wide channel all around the perimeter of the house. They also built a wall for around the "small pool" and the pier footing for the deck. Lots of concrete. They will pour on Friday, which means I will miss all the fun. That's one of my favorite things to watch on TV on home building shows. Mike has my camera so he can take photos for me.
Yesterday I went out to work a bit and the first thing I saw was a 6 foot snake. I ran to grab my camera and was focusing on him holding his neck up to look for me, I suppose, and right when I was ready to take the shot he moved. I could hear him slivering on the leaves, but was never able to find him again. It was some sort of non poisonous variety, but I still didn't go picking up rocks to find him! I sure wish I had gotten that shot. I did get some nice shots of a buzzard atop an electricity pole on the way home. I just love it out here.
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