Tuesday April 25
By 8:30 a.m. no one had arrived. We were wondering what was up when the contractor called and asked if anything was going on at our house and that he had heard there was trouble and the police were in front of the house. Randy asked Jeff, who had just been looking out the front window if the police were outside, and told the contractor nobody at all was at our house, including the police. Evidently the contractor had gotten a phone call from the wife of one of the workmen saying there was trouble and the police were out front, but she must have meant in front of their house, because otherwise how would she know? So we do not know what the problem with the workmen was or why the police were involved, but the workers did arrive around 9:30 a.m. By the end of the day, all the drainage pipes had been laid and most of the trenches for them had been covered so you would never know they were dug.

Drainage to the street

The gulch in the morning	The gulch in the afternoon
A Ranunculus that survived from last year Such a tiny red bud The next day it was dug up :(	This drain was moved -- It used to be further back
Drains popping up here, there, and everywhere	A nice new completed drain
Framing above our "warm, neutral" rocks	The obligatory sign