The other big piece of concrete work we got done last month was this “curb” on the top of our lower rock wall, and the pad at the front door landing. 
Front door landing. Way better than mud!
The top of the rock wall is a couple of feet lower than our patio needs to be, so this curb is our way of containing the gravel we want to put out there. Eventually, on the rock wall side of this structure, Morgan will build a steel band to essentially make a long planter box on top of the rock wall for kitchen herbs and flowers.
From this view you will someday see a steel band instead of concrete on top of the wall.
In the meantime, it was really satisfying for me to have that hard edge to define the garden/planting area as opposed to construction/driveway area, and I spent some time clearing out rocks and rubble and fluffing the garden beds in celebration.
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I love these updates on your house! Morgan indeed is a very talented man. Sunday I’m going to the Mexican museum to see the day of the dead exhibit. Did I tell you how I bought a painting of a woman’s skeletal face from a Mexican artist and some friends told me to get rid of it. They said exactly I don’t like it get rid of it. I explained that it was very Mexican but they insisted I should get rid of it. My hipster cleaning girls love it. Kind of rude don’t you think. To tell me they don’t like it is one thing but to order me to remove it is quite another. How’s Huck doing in Spanish?
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