River Rock Removal Day at the Hardy Smith House

A beautiful, sunny day in Dublin.  The high temperature reached 60 degrees, maybe slightly warmer than that. Did laundry, put together my new shop dry/vet vac, cleaned out my car and upstairs guest bedroom, swept the front porch, the breezeway, checked emails and of course this blog entry :)

The main event of the day was helping John remove the largest of the river rocks out of the back part of the house. They have been under mud, dirt, sand and other sediment for well over 100 years. John put a chain around each rock and tied the other end to the truck and we pulled each out one by one.  I drove the truck and John made sure the rocks did not fall off our makeshift ramp. We got out about 8 huge rocks weighing no less than 30-40 lbs. John has spent the past two months digging and removing river rocks and finding interesting objects that would look great in a shadow box. There is one last section John has to dig out that no doubt contain a few more river rocks and bricks.

We have enjoyed our day, one day after returning from the hustle and bustle of metro Atlanta. It is tax season and John is busy with preparing tax returns for clients and teaching at the technical school. So, in his down time, he has been playing 'Dr. Jones'. Excavating rocks, bricks and whatever else in the back part of the house. He loves to play in the mud!

Not much else to report. Just mainly a quiet, peaceful day at the house.