Drainage Ditch in Details - It Was A Perfect Sunday

Yesterday was surprisingly domestic. After breakfast we started heading back outside. The original plan had been to head to Patio Town when they opened at 11:00 am to get one bucket's worth of larger river rock for the last bit of the drainage ditch, and three buckets of limestone (I have no idea where he wants to put the limestone). After a short time he came up to me with his favorite set of knee pads. The elastic was completely stretched out and he needed Velcro extensions added to allow a snug fit once again. 

Our roof is quite large and shallow, and this drainage pipe
carries a large volume of water. We're trying to control
the water flow to eliminate erosion and keep the water
flow away from the walls of the house. On the right side,
he's growing new grass. His job over the past week or
so has been to deepen the ditch and raise the sides. It's
a lot of work. The water exits from the pipe at the top,
splashes across the slabs at the very top, then is
channeled into the drainage ditch. 

After carefully checking the craft room for Velcro (which surprisingly wasn't there), I headed for the den. I knew I probably had some in my sewing closet. Of course, if you recall, my sewing closet was blocked off by a wall of deconstructed boxes and box lids, along with a heavy folded table. I started moving things away and before long, I actually had my sewing closet free of the barricade. And inside, as I suspected, some Velcro for the project. Grabbing a needle, some thread, and some Goo Gone (the Velcro was adhesive backed, which always builds up terribly on the needle and the thread when sewing through it), I settled down under the patio umbrella to sew for a while. 

The water continues down the drainage ditch towards
the bottom back yard. Here, it's probably close to a
full foot deep. He's planted Lily of the Valley on
the west side between the ditch and the house just
for me. He knows I adore Lily of the Valley. 

It was really pleasant to be stitching outdoors in the soft breeze and in the shade. I was able to get the knee pads back to wearable condition fairly quickly, while DH wore his second-best set of knee pads and worked on laying a wall in the upper yard. I did take a quick break to put the baby back ribs into the crock pot for dinner, but was back quickly. After I was finished sewing, DH said we'd skip Patio Town. He wants to possibly change how he wants the very bottom of the drainage ditch to run. It's going to take a bit more thinking. But so far, the deepened drainage is working very well. 

Looking at the whole thing once again. He
still needs to carry the water from left to the
right across the property. For that, he's thinking
minimal rocks, but some bumpers to help
control the waterflow. It's all in his head
right now - but I'm sure I'll love the end
result. 

We ended up with a lovely day, although I did break a drinking glass in the late afternoon - just slipped out of my hand in the kitchen sink. I'm not sure if I have a replacement in that size. If not, I may have to check out Target on Wednesday. All in all, it was a good day, though - a relaxing day, but a day where we also got some work done. Now it's back to the grind for another week. Be safe, be kind, and please, wear a mask! I'll be back tomorrow.