Part one finished

The irrigation issue is almost solved. I do know where it is but because I have the class to go to this morning, I am not going to dig up the plant to investigate. Rather, I will ask the landscaper to check it maybe later today or tomorrow.
Yesterday the first part of the porch/walkway was started

The guys showed up and went right to work prepping the area. Then another truck came by then a third stopped by. I had quite the workforce.

They were a fun group of guys...this one posed for me while I was taking pictures. There is the supervisor, then the one who puts down the texture and

Because it is all done by hand no two jobs could look the same. They used a special fan to speed up the drying and then it was the design time

Using a tool much like what you would use in pottery, he cuts the pattern of the flagstone. Carefully deciding where to draw the lines and again no two jobs would be the same.

Voila! The flagstone is taking shape. Today they will do a clean up and prep and add the color of the stones. The color is hand mixed to the chosen shades  and then applied and the grout lines will also be added. Once again this will be my unique flagstone because doing it all by hand means no job is duplicated. I hope to be here in time to see some of the work being done. Class is 10 to 12 but I will leave early.....I do have to pay for this job! I think the first meeting will be to explain the program so I should not miss too much. And I do have to talk with the landscaper.
That is about it. Tomorrow I will share the finish and try to be patient before I can actually walk on the flagstone walkway. Thank you for taking the time to visit and for the kind words. Most of all thank you for the friendship.