This is one of two concrete trucks that arrived bright and early to pour the porches and courtyard! It's difficult to determine if this was truck number one or two--the drivers were identical twins!
Mike giving the guys a hand putting the hall window in just prior to pouring the courtyard concrete.
Pouring the concrete on the front porch.
Smoothing it out...
Beautiful! Almost ready for friends and a glass of wine or two.
They have added color to the center of the porch and will do the texture next.
And the guest porch.
This is one of our major sub-contractors Jorge (the Capo di Capo) working on the pad where the heat pump will sit.
The courtyard being smoothed, ready for color and texture.
Working the color into the front porch. As you can see by our workers that our buongiorno is quickly turning to buenas dia...
Here comes the texture...
These are big textured latex rounds that are pounded into the fresh concrete just after applying the "release agent", which is a gray colored powder (that's now everywhere!) that will blend with the color applied beneath and add a shadow effect--give up? You'll have to see the pics tomorrow and then we'll all understand better.
And our Bravo! is turing to Ole!
They will pressure wash tomorrow and we'll see what color we come up with. Of course with the rain storm that just raced through here, they may not need to!
Windows in the guest bath and bedroom are in.
The heat pump will have a fancy place to sit!
I saw a tip on the all knowing internet the other day... After using/cutting green onions, put the cut end with the roots back in soil and they will grow again. Not only do they grow back, but FAST!! ( The big plants are my peppers)
I just planted these last week!
