Monday -- Part Deux

Just a few quick photos of the mayhem in the front yard today.

The first picture shows the start of the new terrace wall which will divide the main wall from the stone walkway, leaving a planting area about where the smaller tractor is now (on the right).

With all the machinery, it's a bit hard to see what's really going on here, but where the large tractor is (left), will eventually be where the stone steps go around to the back deck.
 

From the street, you can better see the dividing wall/terrace.  You can also see the skeleton oak in the background that will have to be removed at some point before they finish the landscaping on that side of the house.

It was a gloriously sunny and perfect weather day, though that's to change radically by Wednesday.  My sincere hope is the landscaping can get to a point of stability before the monsoons wash our topsoil right down the mountain.  And wouldn't that make for some photos...