I have been busy with projects since returning from my trip. After having a new/bigger parking pad put in out in front a couple months ago, it was time to erase the old parking area and upper section of the driveway- which required 3 dump truck loads of dirt-some select fill and some topsoil. The upper part of the old parking area(where gravel from the old driveway is piled up) will eventually become a patio, and the area I filled in in front of that will get layers of trees and other plants. I have also been working on a walkway from the front of the house out to the new parking area, using bluestone pavers and re-purposing the bluestone gravel from the old parking area/driveway. Pretty much finished the grading project today, and have seeded and put straw down. Hoping to get some growth before "winter", and it looks like a good bet with the subtropical Fall we get these days.