Farewell and Endswell

The visit from my brother and nieces was over all too quickly.  Their early morning flight back to Minnesota required a 4 AM wake-up call. One niece attempted to hide so as to be left behind. We shall miss them all and look forward to our next reunion.

It took the better part of three hours to complete repairs to the driveway after excavating and replacing the leaking irrigation pipe below it.  I had to first fashion a properly sized tamping tool to accommodate the narrow excavation. It was quite heavy and after more than 1,000 cycles of lifting and pounding, I expect to be sore beyond words tomorrow. The patch will require sealing but not before 90 days when it has fully cured.