PatioJoe

08/18/2025

Our friends Volunteer Mike Pierce and Ranger Steward Henderson asked if Kasper and I would stop by, so we did. It was a bit hot, so Kasper quickly wanted to get back in the a/c of my truck…

08/06/2023

FoWB visited with educators from Orange County this morning at their wonderful Convocation! We gave away 90 books and a ton of pens! We truly appreciate their invitation to join them this morning at the Orange County High School. We saw some familiar faces and enjoyed catching up with each other and made some new friends along the way!

03/24/2023

Take a few stairs up the (last) side of the home. I found many futile attempts @ stepping stones buried beneath the surface, when I installed a much needed french drain and buried the downspout. This area needed stable steps for nearly a century:

Live your life outdoors!

09/21/2022

Now a walkway from the back door leads to the pizza oven and fire pit party patio. Raised planters of carderock Ashlar with a landing and single incorporated step shown under construction - what I’m doing now…

08/04/2022

More 2” Tennessee flagstone will tie into walkway and patio surrounding the large rustic Carderock fire pit:

Live your life outdoors!

06/22/2022

Bottom two courses get buried and a gorgeous quartzite countertop will cover it soon. I’m scrubbing it with wire brushes and cleaning up my mortar joints in general:

Live your life outdoors!

05/21/2022

Just letting everyone know what I’m up to. We really luv how this is turning out!

05/04/2022

Building the base for the pizza oven and prep area while it cooks some incredible pie to fuel my work:
7” & 3“ Carderock Ashlar

10/17/2021

With polymeric sand added to joints: