With the concrete floor polished and stained, it was finally time to mortar in the brick pathway. The bricks were salvaged from the original barn when it was deconstructed a year ago. I mixed the mortar in small batches and worked my way across the barn, leveling out the bricks as I went. The seams will still need to be grouted, but for now it is good enough.

April fools?

We happened to be out-of-town during Minnesota's April storm, which unloaded 30+ inches of snow on us. Add to it the avalanche that fell off the roof and, well, you can see the result. Now, where did I leave the shovel?