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Fred
10-15-2017, 05:12
I promised my wife that we could get this done before winter sets in. I think that we'll be done this week. I'm tired and I'm arthritic in both of my hands and in my spine. However it looks nice and come next Spring, I can start enjoying it longer.
200 tons of gravel, rock and stone. All put into place one stone at a time. I'm tired.
There is an upper patio and pool with a fountain that feeds the waterfall and three pools in the lower patio.

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aintright
10-15-2017, 05:52
Looks good , seems your hands are still quite skilled , I bet she likes it .
Kenneth
IditarodJoe
10-15-2017, 06:15
Beautiful, Fred! I envy your taste, skill, and stamina!
JB White
10-15-2017, 06:32
Fred, you're going to spoil her! ;)

Nice work.
Allen
10-15-2017, 06:53
Wow, looks very professional. This should merit you getting another 1903 or 2.
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:09
Wow, looks very professional. This should merit you getting another 1903 or 2.

Yes! My wife agreed to let me buy an antique Colt SAA when we got it done and then a few days later, she crawfished and said to just get over my disappointment.
Humans really are the most undependable animals on this planet.
I'm building it all because I just felt like it. I'm done with doing anymore from now on though. For now the fun's gone for me with trying to be creative around here.
I'll post some more photo's in a few minutes when I walk down there with my iPad camera.
Im glad you Like it!
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:12
Beautiful, Fred! I envy your taste, skill, and stamina!

I sure do appreciate that Joe! Thanks! It's good to keep busy.
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:13
Fred, you're going to spoil her! ;)

Nice work.

Thanks JB!
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:14
Looks good , seems your hands are still quite skilled , I bet she likes it .
Kenneth

Thanks Kenneth! Yep, she really does.
This is the third patio we've put in around here. The location was a burned out hole full of junk in the hillside where a sod house used to be from long ago.
Tuna
10-15-2017, 07:29
You did a very very good job!!! But one question..."Where are the fish"??? You catch them and she cooks them. Seems fair to me.
1563621
10-15-2017, 07:36
Nice work.
Dick Hosmer
10-15-2017, 07:47
Very nice, Fred!!!
S.A. Boggs
10-15-2017, 07:59
Have part of a hillside that the previous residents used as a burn pile, think I will TRY THE SAME. I am a lousy carpenter might learn to lay brick at the vocational night school. Sure beats stealing hubcaps! Fred, you are to be commended on your artistic skills...agree on the fish might as well make it useful as well [grin].
sam
Fred
10-15-2017, 01:37
Yea, you should go have fun with that Sam!
Fred
10-15-2017, 06:44
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Fred
10-15-2017, 06:45
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Fred
10-15-2017, 06:57
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Fred
10-15-2017, 07:09
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Fred
10-15-2017, 07:10
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TomSudz
10-15-2017, 07:16
Holy crap! That's some damn nice work!
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:18
Hey, Thanks Tom!
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:19
Very nice, Fred!!!

Thanks Dick!
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:20
You did a very very good job!!! But one question..."Where are the fish"??? You catch them and she cooks them. Seems fair to me.

Thanks Tuna!
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:20
Nice work.

Thanks!
Liam
10-15-2017, 07:24
Fearful to show my wife your fine results, as I have promised a small pond to her for several years. It is balanced, Sir. I like it very much.
Fred
10-15-2017, 07:26
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free1954
10-16-2017, 05:34
very nice sir. maybe you found a new line of work.
Fred
10-16-2017, 06:33
Thanks! No, I've been retired now for almost nine years and so this is just something I do to have something to do.
Fred
10-16-2017, 08:10
Fearful to show my wife your fine results, as I have promised a small pond to her for several years. It is balanced, Sir. I like it very much.

Thanks Liam!
Watch out what you promise. Wives expect results and they're serious about it!
dryheat
10-16-2017, 08:54
Ponds are constant work.
leftyo
10-16-2017, 09:31
very nice looking.
Fred
10-16-2017, 12:09
I think there is a leak in the fountain pool. Maybe a gallon or two per hour.
AZshooter
10-16-2017, 10:00
Yes! My wife agreed to let me buy an antique Colt SAA when we got it done and then a few days later, she crawfished and said to just get over my disappointment.
Humans really are the most undependable animals on this planet.
I'm building it all because I just felt like it. I'm done with doing anymore from now on though. For now the fun's gone for me with trying to be creative around here.
I'll post some more photo's in a few minutes when I walk down there with my iPad camera.
Im glad you Like it!

My (now ex) did something similar. In exchange for putting in a row of roses along the back side of the house, she'd "let me" order a target trigger for one of my rifles.

After the job was complete ... she changed her mind.

I went out back, yanked out all the bare root roses, put them back into their bags, dug the receipt out of the trash, & returned them to the nursery. I then retrieved the lengths of sod & tamped them back into place. It took her a couple of days to notice they were all gone. While I was digging & planting.she also made it clear that: 'she didn't have time' to make sure all "her" roses were kept well watered.
free1954
10-16-2017, 11:51
My (now ex) did something similar. In exchange for putting in a row of roses along the back side of the house, she'd "let me" order a target trigger for one of my rifles.

After the job was complete ... she changed her mind.

I went out back, yanked out all the bare root roses, put them back into their bags, dug the receipt out of the trash, & returned them to the nursery. I then retrieved the lengths of sod & tamped them back into place. It took her a couple of days to notice they were all gone. While I was digging & planting.she also made it clear that: 'she didn't have time' to make sure all "her" roses were kept well watered.


sounds to me like you are well rid of them all. tell me sir, did you ever get that trigger?
Fred
10-25-2017, 06:00
The Upper Flagstone patio should be all in place and finished tomorrow morning. A wrought iron gazebo and fountain are now up there.
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Fred
10-25-2017, 06:02
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Fred
10-26-2017, 06:53
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Fred
10-26-2017, 06:56
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Fred
10-26-2017, 06:57
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Fred
10-26-2017, 06:58
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Fred
10-26-2017, 06:59
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10-26-2017, 07:00
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free1954
10-27-2017, 02:33
dear jesus that;s a lot of stone. looks nice.
Ken The Kanuck
10-27-2017, 05:49
Great job, well done.

KTK
Fred
10-27-2017, 08:55
dear jesus that;s a lot of stone. looks nice.

It sure is...!
Fred
10-27-2017, 08:55
Great job, well done.

KTK

Thanks Ken!
JB White
10-27-2017, 10:06
You should give tours! :)
Fred
10-27-2017, 10:25
Ha! No, we like our solitude here. Thanks though JB.
S.A. Boggs
10-29-2017, 03:16
Get the leak fixed?
Sam
Fred
10-29-2017, 03:57
It initially fixed itself Sam. Plugged itself up with leaf material or some such. But I'd run a hose in it later and the jet of water had dislodged the debre stopping the leak and it opened up again. I'll fill it up carefully next time and give it a chance to plug up again.
Anyway, when we put a 2nd pump in the bottom pool next spring, the amount of water falling down the big wall will be big.