It's (mostly) done!

The whole yard's not done, but Vicente's crew's work is complete -- they said they'd be finishing up the bark/mulch today by lunchtime. I can't emphasize enough how delighted we were (and are) with his work, his follow-up and his reliability.

Here are the steps from the deck to the patio:


The edge of the patio, toward the dog run (fence still to come):


The plum tree, planted now:


Looking back to the steps, from the dog run. We're going to have to stain the sides of those concrete blocks they used to raise the rear step, I think:


And the view of the whole thing, from the upper deck:


Dave the deck guy popped in this morning to see how things were going, and told Vicente that he'd be back to get some work done this afternoon. He's another solid guy: We hadn't expected him back until Monday.

He'll be finishing up the decking and the fence for the dog run, so we're really on the home stretch.