the remaking of a kitchen

siena finally got really tired and got into her jammies....here she is telling us goodnite. it was jeff's birthday, so he blew out the candles on a delicious chocolate pie!

Labels: jeff, nancy and steve, siena and david

thanksgiving in palo alto....what a treat! cara and steve invited us to join the silvers again for a grand feast. you can see that everyone is eagerly awaiting the carving of the turkey....and then there is a photo of jeff the creator of the magnificent bird showing his wild enthusiasm!!

Labels: ben, cara and steve, dolan and will, jeff, sarah and siena

i'm not sure i was able to take pictures that show what was happening outside the garden gate today. it's amazing to me and so gratifying too. this spring i called jeff who worked with us last summer when the path was installed. the drainage seemed to have changed and we had water coming into the backyard and forming a huge lake around our shed. we always have a small lake in front of the shed doors when the ground thaws, but this was huge. he said they would try to fix it when they completed the path along the rest of the frontage road and exit ramp. i was thinking i would call and remind him as they did that work, but today i heard a noise outside the fence and there was a bobcat and they were moving dirt around. when we looked out the asked us to show them where we thought the water came from and then other guys appeared and they made a mini-berm on the outside of the fence to try to re-direct the drainage from the snow melt in the spring!! now that is excellent service....we are so pleased!

Labels: asphalt path, jeff, lake w, snow melt

they really did it! jeff said the asphalt would be completed today and it really was. our section was the last one and we were able to observe all of it. do you suppose we need to get a life?? :) anyway, they appeared with a big truck full of asphalt and had two bobcats that took turn taking loads from the truck to the machine that layed the path. men then followed along smoothing the surface, using hoe like implements to smooth the edges, another man put on flat pieces of metal to smooth the path itself.
the one picture is jeff and don talking about the process. jeff was here the entire time the team was working, so we got to pick his brain a bit.

Labels: asphalt path, bobcats, jeff