In the beginning...

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There was dirt,
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<p><a href="http://vickyth.wordpress.com/2006/05/18/let-the-festivities-begin/"><img src="http://vickyth.wordpress.com/files/2006/05/dirt%20small.jpg" width="400"></a></p>
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and by the end of Saturday there was less of it.  </p>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hpatey/150882873/" title="Remaining dirt"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/56/150882873_373f2aee23.jpg" width="400" alt="Remaining dirt" /></a>
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At least, less in the driveway - there was decidedly more in the flowerbeds and on the slope that needed resodding.  The Hoods, Braggs, and Pateys showed up for a day of garden work at John and Vicky's.  Besides dirt moving, there was rock lugging, sod-lifting and repositioning, flower and bulb planting, tree-hole digging, garden watering, and dogstick-throwing.  The kites got into the air during lunch break, which delighted Jean and Eleanor who rarely get to fly kites in our wirey neighbourhood.  There were bountiful eats and drinks, and enough sunshine - on the holiday weekend, incredible! - to pinken the occasional sensitive nose.  And a fine day was had by all.
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