Look what we found in the back yard

And when I put my ear to it, there was a faint sound of singing and the gnawing of bones. Maybe I should go down there?

Business in the front...

Front lawn torn out. Railroad ties spiked down with rebar. Earth moved. Decomposed granite surface. Manzanita, phormium, and a line of trailing rosemary along the front terrace.

Boy are my arms tired from writing the check to the guys that did all that work.