The arbor is waiting for poles across the top which will support some leafy vines.   There are seats within the posts at three different heights:  think of Papa bear, Momma bear, and Baby bear!

The rail fence is just right for teachers and parents to lean against or hang a jacket, The lower rail offers a  handhold for those just learning to walk.

The sentinel posts must be set below frost line. The round sanded holes are great for peeping through or stashing little treasures.

The central swale catches water from the streambed that flows under the stone bridge. Next week we plant this area with native trees, shrubs, and ground covers.  Hoping to get them in the ground while the red maple and shadbush are still blooming!

Engineered wood fiber under the structure will be contained by the logs. Don’t worry – the stepping pods are going to be moved to a safe spot.

The toddlers will have a beautiful "table" at the center of their sand play area. surrounded by ferns, with a "window" to the street. We hope to learn at the Community Built Association (CBA) conference in New Orleans how to lead a community mosaic project. Wouldn't these concrete walls look beautiful covered with glass tile?

Mike unearthed an unexpected, and unexpectedly large, boulder during regrading.   "No problem" lifting and moving to the other side of the pre-school yard - are his treads off the ground in back???

The boulder has a nice flat side for sitting, so we are moving it under the dappled shade of an Amelanchier tree in a three foot wide

play space at the edge of the fire lane.

The final grade for the base layer around the pre-school project table has been tamped and is ready for the layers of poured-in-place..  Those two flat-topped boulders will hold an 8 foot-long sawn granite table top, and they are just far enough apart to make a little den underneath.  The lighter color crushed stone forms the beginning of the dry streambed. You see the frame of an existing shade structure under which the boulders will encircle a large area of sand. (The big boulder was way off the left of this picture - you can see the tracks of his machine where Mike had to haul the boulder under the frame - a real trick to not hit the overhead bars - and over to the far edge of the fire lane.)

Ginny inspects a gap in the fence between the toddlers' and pre-schoolers' yards where we are having to work around the trunk and limbs of a very old red mulberrry tree. We will be adding a flexible segment to block access but maintain the view.  Ginny is imagining how much the little ones will like looking through to the other yard.