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The 3
palletts of tumbled blue stone and pallett of plum colored flag
stone have landed
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Thorndike
Studio
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The
Patio Project - Linda Thorndike Williams (and
Scott !!!! )
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The
Pergola - before the excavation
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| Excavation
begins |
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Excavation
completes
The crushed stone base arrives
and gets spread and compacted
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Links
to Linda's Art Work:
Home
Page
Watercolors&Pastels
Stained
Glass
Fabric, Collage & Murals
Interior Design
& Ceramics
"Life
is One Big Palette."
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The
patio is formed by us do it our-selfers
(with help from friends)
using wood paneling strips and sledge hammering in
about 146 two foot long wooden stakes
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Note
Linda's not one for straight lines in her
patio designs ! |
We covered the pad
in plastic to hold in the
moisture and prolong the set - kind of like life |
Linda also discovers
concrete as a media and
creates must have "Rhubarb
Leaf"
concrete stepping stones for your garden
yes they are for sale in different sizes - shipping
them however will be a tough go
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Next Phase - Arrange
the blue and flag stones
on top of the concrete pad with small rocks
and other mozaic goodies between them, then
bring on the morter and set the stones in place.
We estimated one hundred 80 lb bags of
quickcrete morter mix and ten bags 80 lb bags
of morter would be required. Guess who gets to
lift, shovel and mix all that ?
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Setting the stones (one at time) begins. Linda's new name is Pati O
and Scott is now known as Mort R.
Next phase was to
grout
around the stones with more morter and allow Linda to add in her
artistic touch with small colored rocks and such between the stones.
After mixing 99 (yes 99) bags of 80 pound morter mix with 10 bags of 70
pound light morter and 15 gals of K-88 bonding agent, this is what we
got.
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