Construction rounds

We now have construction going on at both Calle del Norte and Homesteads. They are both within walking distance from the house we’re temporarily renting. So lately I’ve been doing a morning and afternoon walk to check on things at both houses.

This morning at Calle del Norte, they’ve brought in a much smaller backhoe, which of course they should have brought to start with, since they had already been out to scope the site. But at least it’s here now.

This guy is pumping out the old tank, getting it ready to abandon. The system needs a new tank as well as a new drain field.

Then when I went back at noon today, they were busily digging a deep hole for the new tank (with the smaller backhoe).

So far they haven’t impacted the chamisa, which is the bluish bush behind him. It’s a native that blooms in a beautiful, brilliant yellow. But I’m anticipating that once they start trenching, they’ll plow right through it.

By the way, do you have any idea how long it took me to figure out how to spell chamisa? I tried chemisa and chamesa and google totally failed me. I finally found reference to it on a local website.

Meanwhile at the Homesteads house, demolition continues.