I finally wrapped this project up today, and it was very satisfying to see it completed. Working with stone always gives one the feeling that it might last a little longer than wood. I wonder how long, exactly, it might endure? When we toured Jeff Zahner's property last year, he told us that they found old stone patios covered in dirt and weeds - they did not even know how extensive they were. Perhaps one day this humble patio might disappear under a layer of fallen leaves, might be cracked by an uprooted tree, until there is little left despite how substantial it seems today.
"And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind."
- The Tempest, Shakespeare
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