the call of stones

the past month i've been working with stone walls

by creating new ones and renovating an old one.

renovation, whether it's inside or outside,

 is a messy job that has to look worse before it gets better,

but the end result makes a huge difference!

we're here at our 'dawdy haus' for six years now (already!),

and somehow, what looked great once, gets tired-looking.

such was the stone wall on the left of the drive,

so i decided  to re-do it,

and got wonderful results!

i had great help by two of our grandsons, S and A,

to dismantle the original wall which was a tremendous help.

unfortunately, i didn't think about pictures for that or a 'before' one.

what a mess...but a 'good' mess!

there were a ton lots of heavy stones to move and reposition, 

some or which i rolled into place or used my handy hand truck -

a 'must-have' in my opinion!

my gardening blog has a simple two-phase tutorial on

building dry-stacked stone walls here and here.

now complete and with our brand new sign...

Fleur Cottage!

this is the end of a big project with a big impact,

all of it done by yours truly except for putting the sign up -

hubs gets the credit for that.

a before/after of the rest of this project

this is a 'gitter done' for Funky Junk's 'I can do it!' challenge.


...blessedness!

ox