Day 236: She Thinks My Tractors Sexy

Here follows a condensed account of the second half of our Round 4 project with Vinton Parks and Recreation Department, in pictures:

While the rest of my team is busy converting a flood damaged garage into an park pavilion...

my teammate and I pruned 8 trees.

While pruning said trees, we came upon a nest with some baby birds in it. We did our best not to disturb them too much, however, we did an awful lot of gawking and picture taking.

Another task given to the landscaping crew was to clear the riverbank of plants and brush to allow for a better view of the river. On the left is uncleared bank and the right side has been (mostly) cleared.

We hung flags for memorial day and did some weed whacking of Memorial Park (the old-fashioned way, with a SCYTHE, yeah, like a grim reaper scythe...nutty).

Our next task was to build a flower bed with 60 pound cinder blocks. We dug a trench for the first row...

Then it rained and was not so much a trench anymore, but a moat.

So, what was the solution? Siphon the water out with a hose...I had trouble keeping a straight face. You can imagine all the innuendos; we did.

But I sucked it up (literally) and got a little dirt and who knows what else in my mouth. Four hoses and ten minutes later: no more moat.

Now on to the best part of the week for which I have no pictures. Today I got to drive a tractor. That and the dozen or so community members who regularly stop by our work site to introduce themselves and thank us for building the pavilion and riverside green-space is the highlight of the week.