Those Wonderful Spinneys

  I just want to say "thank you" to the Spinneys, the lovely family we worked for last week down in Boothbay. They couldn't have been more accommodating, helpful, friendly, or grateful. I leave jobs like that one (which are a true rarity) feeling like I should be paying them, instead of the other way around. It's only been a few days, and I miss them already. Thanks, guys.

  It was the wrong time of day to photograph wet bluestone, but you get the general idea. 75% of the patio was reusing the stones that had been there previously, which the owners cleaned with a pressure washer after we laid. Remarkably, one could not tell the difference between the old and new stones afterward.

  The retaining wall is a manufactured product called Verazzo Stone, which is incredibly easy to install and very strong as a finished unit.

  
  Spinney the Spider...