How Deep Does This Adventure Go?

My day off and I was sleeping in past 7:30.  I had things to do after 9 and was enjoying a leisurely morning coffee.  This was interrupted by a knock at the door - I had 15 minutes to get any vehicles out that I need for travel today. I wasn't dressed yet! This put me in boot camp mode with stirred up memories of drill instructors 'motivating' me ..."Move it!  Five minutes to be dressed and ready to go!  Go Go GO!"
After dealing with that, I took time to look at the work.  They had to dig deeper than I thought to replace the water pipes leading to our house.  This street adventure goes deep!  
Enjoy! 
~ Robin

Digging up Dirt ...

This morning we were advised to move our vehicles if we needed to use them today.  There is going to be a big dig in front of our driveway.

They have not finished and already the pile is several times larger than the snowiest snowplow pile.

Good thing I don't have anything pressing to attend to outside my house today!  Not a good day to get groceries.  They can wait. 

I moved my vehicle just in case.

Water Hose Adventures ....

Remember mom telling you, "Don't drink water from the hose!" ?

Our new temporary water supply comes to us through a series of above ground pipes and hoses.  I'm not sure how long this will last - weeks.

The originating source is the nearby fire hydrant!

We will see how good our sink water purifier works.  It is hard to get my mom's voice out of my head.  I may be buying water for a bit.

And so it begins ...

There has been much apprehension about changes coming this summer on my street.  Our street has been selected for a full reconstruction.  My wise friend has suggested I take it as it comes and view it as an adventure.  Thus this blog begins.

As you can see from this shot, mailboxes are conspicuously missing.  They have all been removed for future install when the project is completed.  Our normal mail will be among a row of temporary mailboxes set-up for our street.
The mailman as been kind and assured me that packages will be not be left at the temporary place.

They remind me of my childhood mailbox.  (One of a row of boxes for nearby farms at a cross road near our house.)

This week also, tree removal has begun. The big equipment has been brought in.  And road closed signs are staged and ready.

It has begun ...