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8/23/10 -- We came home to find that much of the sidewalk buried under our back yard had been excavated and neatly piled in the back. Wow!

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8/23/10 -- Where the sidewalk used to be.

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8/24/10 -- more vegetation has been removed, it looks like the sidewalk is totally gone, the garden bed frames are gone, and a giant dumpster has arrived. We're getting closer to a blank slate!

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8/25/10 -- further cleanup where the Fatboy Waterwall will go

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8/25/10 -- the fence is gone!

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8/25/10 -- front porch

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8/25/10 -- another view

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8/28/10 -- the stumps are rapidly disappearing from the back!

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8/28/10 -- Barbara took all the rotting timbers out from around the back yard. The black fabric will slow down erosion

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8/28/10 -- 18th Street view

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8/28/10 -- C Street view

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8/28/10 -- We met a new neighbor.

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8/28/10 -- We moved one of the rainbarrels from the front of the house to a downspout that will collect more rain toward the rear.

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9/1/10 -- Stone has arrived!

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9/1/10 -- Stone dust will hold the patios in place and allow water to seep through.

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9/1/10 -- beautiful Pennsylvania Flagstone.