[GH85Carrera]

At home the new sewer line in in place and inspected and the dirt is mostly stuffed back in the hole. It is weird how the dirt will not go back in the same space it was but that is the nature of digging. There is always left over dirt. And I use the term dirt only in a general context of soil or the ground. Our "dirt" is pure clay. I am sure at some point you have seen a potter "throw" a pot and they start off with a large lump of clay on the potters wheels and start shaping. That is what our yard is. It is brick red, and except for the grass roots and tree roots and other stuff it would make great pottery. It is pretty much impossible to to shovel if it is wet.

The crew did a decent job of filling the trenches but the leftover that put on the yard in a sort of low wide hill. Mrs. Carrera thought it we could just move it around. Yea right.

It is no joke, no exaggeration at all to say that when I try to shove a shovel into the mess I can get the shovel into the clay a few inches by standing on the edge of the shovel. When I try to lift it as much clay sticks to the back of the shovel as to the front. I have to use a scraper to get it off of the shovel. Then I have to scrape the scraper with something. It is just crazy. This may take the rest of the summer to get done.