Must. use. ALL. the. brick.

When I originally described to Sam my vision for my small backyard in Santa Fe (back in February), I thought I described a modest sized brick patio that would be about 1/3 to half of the yard, and some planting area, and about 1/3 grass.

Then on March 2, an enormous amount of brick arrived at my house. Sam had suggested one amount, and then John rounded it up slightly because last time, in Placitas, Sam hadn’t ordered enough brick. Apparently this time, Sam over estimated (to avoid his previous mistake) and then John added a bit too, and then we had a lot of brick.

So Sam starts to lay brick (pic taken March 25)

And then he bricks some more (pic taken April 6)

Still bricking (pic taken May 16)

Finally the brick in my driveway is gone. And my yard is all brick!

He left a tiny little bit for grass, for the dogs to do their business.

And this tiny little strip on the right, below the retaining wall, is apparently going to be grass too. How am I supposed to mow that? 

By the way, that’s a grape vine on the left. See – all my California friends – we have grapes in New Mexico too. Along with lots of brick!