We built a bridge!

James gets access to irrigation on his property, this is awesome especially for being right downtown.  It’s also awesome that he is at the end of the line because he gets everyones run off water which makes for a very possibly great garden (I got my plants this weekend!).  What that does mean though an awful lot is that the yard is flooded!  I bit earlier this spring James rented a backhoe and dug a irrigation canal, this was fairly easy for me to hop over it was a bit of a hazard.  We decided that it was time to make a path.  The original plan was for concrete but then we saw a picture of a great wood path.  We copied it and made an elevated path that the irrigation water can flow under.  I like it!

James did a lot of the hard laor digging the holes for the concrete blocks to hold up the bridge over the 'stream'

I set out making the short path leading up to the bridge...

Denver supervised in the background and MiniM napped inside.

We ha to elevate the bridge so the supports didn't hang down into the water, James and I would have perferred to be able to go straight across but no such luck.

I am not sold on the jagged edges, it is what looked so cool in the image but it doesn't look as cool here, I'm going to get it stained and finished and see if tht helps, otherwise we may cut the edges flush.

Te bridge works though! There is no water in here but you can see the swale.

concrete support block

MiniM sstarted doing her little dance which means she's waking up...

So she got to come outside and hang out with mom and dad while we finished up

Denver kept an eye on her...

All done

and the other way

A little bonding time after a long day 🙂

And Denver doing his part (he loves stealing the cushion for a bed, this is his favorite spot since the weather is getting nice

Miss pretty eyes!

I just have to share some of my favorite pictures 🙂

This is the standard view I get, she likes laying on my chest while I get some work done, I'm so lucky to have such a great baby girl!

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