Finished? Maybe! Ralph now has a zen garden - he spent the evening after dinner arranging and re-arranging the rocks around the fountain. He also wanted more sound out of the water, so he put a rock on top of the fountain, so there is a definite water sound in the back patio now.

Poor man - Dallas and his friend came down to see the project, and after they left, Ralph asked AJ if Dallas liked it (why do you ask if a 13 year-old likes anything?). AJ said, sure, but they (the Postens) already have one, only bigger. Poor Ralph - he was one upped before he started! It turns out the Postens have a huge rock fountain. Ours is only 274 pounds - theirs is wider and taller, and professionally installed!

Our small rock was more than enough for us to handle. That turned into the biggest part of the job. I thought it was going to be the digging, but our ground is still soft from the winter rains. Of course, when we first tried to move the rock on the dolly (it was put on the piano dolly when it was delivered) we couldn't budge it. It turned out that there was a nail driven into the rock to hold the tag with the weight and price, and the rock was put down on the dolly with the nail side down. Not only were we trying to move 274 pounds, but the nail was embedded into the wood! It wasn't going anywhere! I found a few muscles this morning that I had forgotten I had! I wasn't shoveling gravel though - Ralph was sore yesterday, so I don't know how he is going to be this morning!