with a jackhammer yesterday.

It’s quite a powerful tool, as it pounded thru the granite rock.

It’s hard to shoot the magnitude of the job, but here’s an image up close to see a little better.

A pick…

was used to dig out major roots and the not so major roots.

And the flat shovel was used to…

make the area smooth. We still have a long way to go from start to finish, but progress makes us happy. Oh so happy!

A view from the upper terrace. We plan to extend the pavers over and carry on with the retaining wall.

And for a little pond reflecting today:

The fish seemed pretty skidish this morning.

This guy in particular. I took this image of him this morning and I haven’t seen him since. I’m pretty sad, as he was my favorite fish.

Now the fish are in hiding under a large rock area and I can’t get a count. I just hope they continue to take cover and pray I see my favorite little guy out and about tomorrow.

This is the only evidence I gathered floating around this afternoon.

All in all, I think the fish population will survive whatever comes our way. And if we must take matters into our own hands, I’m sure we will find another decoy to “help” keep those critters out.

Exciting News! I saw my first dragonfly (this season) around the pond today. I can’t express how exciting that was. Just so you know, I was in the middle of a conversation with the hubs when I interrupted the with “OH LOOK – A DRAGONFLY!” It pretty much went down just like that. Tee Hee, super exciting!

That’s all for today.

Blessings – Debbie