View of my front garden-in-progress through the front door.

I started the flagstone patio project back in the summer; had my nice well-packed gravel base, and was mostly finished spreading the decomposed-granite layer and was starting to tetris the paving stones when it rained one night; by mid-morning the next day all that nice soft sand had turned into a thick crust. >.< I was already behind on several indoor projects, so I just put the patio on hold; now that the weather's getting cooler I plan to get back to it.