Have you ever seen 5 cubic yards of river rock? My dad had the best guess/estimate of what it might look like: an 8 foot diameter, waist-high pile. That’s just about what it was too when they dropped it off Friday morning.

I started this yard project in the early summer, rock in everything the dogs had managed to trample, pound, and kill. I laid some edging from the back part of the garage around the entire back of the house. After spending three days installing the edging it took me another 2 months to actually get the rock.

But once I did, I went gangbusters. There’s nothing more satisfying than throwing rock on top of a down trodden mud pit. I spent two days playing with my new rock, throwing it anywhere and everywhere I could. I still have a waist high pile of rock, but now it’s only 4 feet in diameter. I’m pretty sure my neighbors think I’m nuts. I know the dogs do.

So that was my weekend, installing a new rockbed in my yard. Feel free to stop by any time soon and fling some rock yourself. I’ll be installing more until I’m blue in the face.

Speaking of music, have you read the story about the Grey Album? It’s a DJ mix of Jay-Z’s latest Black Album and the Beatles White Album. Sounds spiffy, eh? Well, once EMI, the owners of the White Album caught wind of the unique project they put the kibosh on the Grey Album release. Supposedly it’s floating around the internet’s nooks and crannies. I feel a hunt is on.