Ideal Absolutes

The Great Wall of MacEwan will expand yet again.

Having found a new source for old brick, Val says it’s time to get back to task at hand — constructing a wall around the back yard. Once it’s tall enough, we’ll add some support rods to hold it in place so the grandboys can climb on it.

The goal is to make our yard visible from space.

Just so’s you can appreciate the brick gathering effort — this is what I had to “go through” to get to the bricks. No wonder the folks who own the house said, “Take whatever you want… have at it.” So, dig I must. Trunk load after trunk load… back and forth from brick site to yard.

Certainly this site is the roughest brick reclamation zone I’ve encountered in all my years. Without a concrete chicken saint to watch over me, I don’t think I could carry on…