Thank you Patricia, I just sat the pots around my lady to give me some fresh ideas, I should take a picture from the other side, this is a new retaining wall, the third one that I have built. There are more pictures on my site www.myrastarr.com, of the walls I have built here. I still have some more filling in with gravel and river rock to getting it done. Why, Patricia if I lived close by you I would be right over there to help you in any way I could and I would bring the coffee too. I could maybe handle the weather better out your way than here. It's a heat index of 105 and the air is like breathing in steam.
Try bagging them feet in plastic bags, if you can catch them, or teach them to tie the bags over their shoes when they have to come in and leave them by the door when they go out. Thats what I do when I am working in my big ole lace up work boots. Keep plastic walmart bags by the back door, works real well, how ever doggies & kids, well that might be a little more challening. LOL
Have a great weekend.
Myra

So pretty! So when are you coming to help in my backyard? I'm beginning to lose hope that the evening rains will ever stop long enough for the mud to dry. It actually dries a bit during the day but the grandsons and the dog drag lots of it into the house no matter how hard we try to keep it out.....oh, well!