A blank slate. Or, in this case, blue granite.

Behold! I am KEN! Kneel down before me...

Mike getting his levels straight. Get it?

Before the jackhammer #1.

Before the jackhammer #2.

The front side yard has initial clearing for the keystone block wall.

Tapped into the main drain that was previously installed to help drain the large deodar trees in front (there are two of them and they have their own core through the curb)

Side drains.

More drains. Includes yard and spa-area.

All the down-spouts from the gutters end up in the drains.

The drain by the spa equipment. Notice the trench towards the top where a drain (one of two) is installed for the equipment area itself.

All roads lead to the gutter.

The electric jackhammer wasn't getting through the rock. They had to bring in a bigger tool...

...powered by a diesel engine.

Keystone!

More keystone! (and block wall for the steps up to the spa)

Area for trashcans.

Side area. The top row will be entirely dark grey. It's mostly buff-colored with 15% random dark-grey.

Dog bath to the right.

You can see here the work that diesel-powered jackhammer did to the granite hill.