And now the fancy front stoop, with blocks matching the planter.
After the blocks were positioned, Jim mixed up cement in the wheelbarrow and poured it in . . .
. . . and it looked like this . . . . . . eventually, it looked like this . . . . . . and I'm very happy with it. I always knew we'd get some use out of this bench some day . . . VetteMan tried a panoramic shot of the front . . . . . . where the presence of one crane seems to have attracted another. I understand they mate for life. [Unfortunately, this pair was stolen in the spring of 2005 . . . and I haven't found replacements, which I wouldn't put in the front again, anyway. I'm still ticked off!]

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