an unexpected pleasure
paul and i were out talking with the burly men about how high to fill the pond area with topsoil. we mentioned that when we replace the driveway, we planned to remove the unsightly turnaround that projects into the front yard.
"i can do that for you," burly man #1 said. "see this crack here? it'd come up real easily right along there." (though he is in general very helpful, he's not fooling anyone — it's obvious to anyone with eyes that he's just looking for excuses to play with the backhoe.)
lo and behold, the crack he pointed to followed exactly the curve i'd hoped to create.
so the turnaround is currently being pulled up, a happy surprise. it's going as easily as he predicted, too.
