Around the Corner and Into the Home Stretch

We have spent the past two days buying and hauling more cement, cleaning out the machine-dug holes, routing new openings in end posts to accommodate terrain changes in the back yard, and putting up fencing panels.

The east side is complete, and we were able to round the corner
to put in our first panel on the south side of the fence.

The south corner drops low, so we started to fill it in
with dirt taken from the post holes.

Today, after getting up early and beating the crowds at Home Depot as we purchased more cement, we started on the southeast corner.  That post and panel took a bit of effort since it was both a short section that Rick had to modify components to fit, and it was at an odd angle to avoid buried telephone lines.  In the end, we were able to complete the corner, although just as the other corner is, this one, too, is a wonky-donkey corner.  Our property angles in the back.  The front of the property is much wider than is the back property line, and our fence actually follows the strange line to the back corner.

We added one more panel to the north side
to completely block the neighbor's view of our back yard.

We also completed the panels needed for the north side of the fence.  We made one error in routing out an end panel, so that post will hit the scrap pile.  It happens.  The north fence now runs completely past our neighbor's den windows, so they no longer will have a direct sight line onto our patio and back yard.  The gate for that side may have to wait for another day.

The dirt from all of the holes will be just enough
to fill in a really low spot at the back of our yard,

We will try to put in three more panels on the south side tomorrow; however, I told Rick that if we get the predicted SNOW on Friday, I am not going outside.  A girl has to have her limits and stick to them!

Our deadline is next Friday, May 15.  The work on the fence must be completed on that day so Rick can have some down time before he faces Achilles surgery on Tuesday, May 19.  I think that we should be able to meet that deadline without too many problems.