April 15 has a special meaning for Mike. this is what it meant to us this year. Over a foot of snow! our long list of yard projects is put on hold for a few days.

I talked to three guys about helping to replace our old rotted out retaining wall and this is how many showed up. I'm a great believer in trying to keep young by learning new things, so I decided to do it myself. I was given about 90 seconds of advice about brick laying from a 17 year old clerk at Lowes and have learned a lot more from trial and error. Now my back is trying to tell me something, but it has been a fun project.