There was this beautiful little red headed finch on my nigerseed feeder today, singing so spiritedly I felt the need to check and make sure he was not being harrased by a cat.  He was not being harrased, he was just singing because he was happy.  Such a pretty little man!

What a weekend!  I am exhausted and maybe a little sunburnt.  I completed phase one of the cement ramp I've wanted to go from my street level up to my garden in the back yard.  This will make access with garden carts, etc, much much easier.  Here are some photos of the current progress.

From the yard, looking down

From the side, looking from in the yard

From the street, looking up

 

The point at the end will be modified to have the ramp taper down to the street from there.  I will post pictures of the completed product, too.

 

I could have taken the frames off the path today, but I was just too worn out to care to do so.  Saturday I had help excavating and building the frame for the pouring, but on Sunday I had no help at all with the mixing and pouring and I ended up lifting all the bags of cement by myself.  Thank goodness for tigerbalm and comfrey tea.