No wonder I'm so tired! (Warning ... pics!)

[AirmensMom]

Here's what we spent out weekend doing ... cleaning up the huge limestone rock in our driveway. Call us crazy, but we like it. The builder was going to take it out and we asked him to work around it. It's right in the middle of the driveway entrance, so we're going to have a split entrance now.

Here it is before we tackled it:

North side:


South side:


And after we spend 2 1/2 days picking at it:

North side:


South side:


I think it was worth it. :bounce: But we sure did wear ourselves out! :P

Oh, and we found a horse shoe while we were digging through all that dirt. It still has a nail in it! Considering that there were thick woods and brush growing over the rock before the area was cleared, it must have been a very long time since anyone could have taken a horse in there. We thought it was pretty cool.

This one's next. Should we have a pizza and beer party and see if we can get some people to help with it? :bounce:

[Richard Steele]

1. That was totally worth your time and effort.

That's a REALLY nice-looking rock!
I'm jealous.

I have a nice rock in my yard, but it's only about
as big as a grapefruit. :(

[AirmensMom]

2. Thank you, dicksteele.

:toast: The builder told us that most people want them taken out. We had a very nice one saved from a different part of the driveway, but the guy who came to fix the excavator's jack hammer decided to try the fix on our saved rock. x( It was about 5 tons worth of limestone. They're going to find us another one, though.

I wish I could send you a bigger one. Even the bits that are left from the one they broke up are too big for us to pick up. I think rocks are way cool. :loveya:

[qnr]

3. Nice work. I would have kept it too n/t

[AirmensMom]

4. Thanks, qnr!

:hi: I sort of have a problem with them destroying something that took so darned long to make and looks so cool. :shrug:

[WCGreen]

5. You should have just run a hose over it...

And in about 2,500,000 years you would have had a nice pathway...

[AirmensMom]

6. Well, first of all,

we don't have any water yet (well hasn't been drilled). Otherwise, I'd say that's a great idea! :rofl:

[WCGreen]

7. Damn, them pesky details......

[AirmensMom]

8. LOL!

:rofl: Pesky details abound when you're building like this ... details like perhaps the water is 500+ feet down! I think I need to take up a collection! :scared:

[marzipanni]

9. After all that work it is truly

:yourock:

[AirmensMom]

10. Thanks, marzipanni!

:toast: We love it!

[bertha katzenengel]

11. Holy Crap, A.M. . . . split entrance?

what is that?

i think the rock is beautiful. well done!

[AirmensMom]

12. Harleydad calls it ...

Gozinta and Gozouta. :rofl: Instead of having a single entrance where the rock is, we're having a U-shaped drive go around it before heading up the hill. We'll have a sort of "in" and "out" side. :D

It would have been a shame to destroy it. Thanks for admiring it! :yourock:

[MissHoneychurch]

13. Fancy

You will have a fancy driveway, I can tell already!!

No wonder you were tired. You deserved to be tired :hug:

[AirmensMom]

14. Now there's something I didn't expect.

I never thought of a rock as being fancy. :D The top part was easy -- it was all nice dirt that came off easily. But it was clay a few feet down from that. That's when it got hard. x(

You get to see it in real life pretty soon! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

15. The rock is fancy

and to have such a nice rock in front of your house and a splitted driveway is fancy :D

Can't wait to see it :bounce:

[AirmensMom]

18. I see now.

Around here, they would consider it fancier to take it out and just have a normal driveway. :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

19. I am a city girl

and I like nature. So it is fancy for me :rofl: And I would do it the same way as you do now :D

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Very nice!

That does look like quite a job. :hi: But it was well done! :hug:

[AirmensMom]

17. Thanks, MrsG!

It was one of those unexpected things that turned out great! :bounce:

[xchrom]

20. dare i say it?!? -- i do! airmensmom --

:yourock:

it's gorgeous -- and you most certainly did the right thing -- and yes it's time for a Rockin beer and pizza party for the next rock.

[AirmensMom]

21. Why, thank you, xchrom!

:bounce: :hug: C'mon over and I'll provide the beer and pizza! :bounce: That next one looks like it's got a lot of clay on it. x(

[xchrom]

22. lol -- you saved the hard one for the ''party crew''!

it's gonna be sooo beautiful when you get the planting done -- it really will be grand!

are you going to pressure wash the rocks so you can see the details?

[AirmensMom]

23. But ... but ...

it's SMALLER! :rofl:

We would love to pressure wash them, although we cleaned them off pretty well and even swept them with a broom. But we don't have a well yet ... and it'll be over 500 feet away when we do get one. Maybe we'll invite the fire department over and let them practice running their hoses on them. :bounce: Actually, the rain should help clean off the rest of the dust on the ones we've finished.

[xchrom]

24. firemen?!?! -- i should be there

licketysplit!

[AirmensMom]

25. That's what the excavating crew recommended.

Are you a fireman? :bounce: Bring the truck with a full tank of water! :bounce:

[xchrom]

28. no -- but i am a -- uh -- um -- FAN ---

yeah that's it -- i'm a FAN -- of big, hot, sweaty firmen.

ok -- we need a ''fainting'' smiley.

[AirmensMom]

31. LOL!

If I find any, I'll let you know. :rofl:

[Callalily]

26. Just beautiful!

It's nice that you have a contractor that will work with you, makes the world of difference! And did I hear you say beer and pizza? :rofl: I have tools you know!

[AirmensMom]

29. If you have tools, bring 'em on over!

:bounce: You heard beer and pizza alright! :rofl:

[zanne]

27. I've unearthed antique marbles in my backyard.

Whenever I till new ground for a garden, I find old, clay-type marbles. I don't know why, but it gives me a sense of history and continuity when I find something like that.

[AirmensMom]

30. I know what you mean.

It's always fun finding stuff from the past. How many marbles have you found?