Stone work

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 Yesterday

A ton or 2 of rock

Pine Creek Flooding

I mostly took the day off yesterday, so I didn't make a blog post.  I ran up to the CCC ponds with my brother Pat and we got hailed on a bit and had a great run.  Pine creek was running extremely high.  We saw a blue bird very close to the trail, but not much else.  After our run, Patrick and I gathered a few thousand pounds of rocks and boulders from down the street with TomTom and my trailer for the following day (no such thing as a day off).  Later in the afternoon, we took Kian fishing and did a load of laundry.


Water flowing into the dam from Fremont Lake

Kian out fishing, can you spot the mother and baby moose?

Today

TomTom and myself

Kian watering the GBRG

I didn't run or cycle today but I hope to run a few miles tomorrow with Patrick.  We started the morning by finishing off the transplanting of GBRG (Great Basin Rye Grass) in front of the South facing porch.  Then we worked most of the day putting in a dry stone river bed in front of the house and setting flagstone under the 140 square feet footprint of the pergola.  Patrick, Kian, and Lil were all a tremendous help.  I have done a lot of stone work with good friends and family and it has always resulted in some of my favorite memories.

Lichenous rocks from the glacial moraine

When we ran out of boulders, Lilly and I went up to a friend's place and harvested some off the glacial moraine.  They were dropped by the glaciers about 20 thousand years ago, but we just picked them up a few hours ago to use in our landscaping project.  Thinking about the geological time scale doesn't make me feel insignificant, but rather relaxed.  There is really no rush.

Over thirty years ago, our father put 2 rather large boulders on top of the tansy bush in order to try to kill it.  Instead, the tansy bush has really thrived under and over the front steps.  Our mother gave me the charter to remove these boulders today.  Patrick and I wrapped chain around them and pulled them out with TomTom.  Then we set the boulders at the start of the dry river bed.
 

Can you spot the antelope?

 We may do some logging tomorrow...