Here's a couple of pics of the things that have been keeping us busy lately.
We stained the deck Monday in near 100* temps.
We could only stain the main deck, though. The extension hasn't been drying quite long enough. We started on this last fall and it was a project that just seem to get bigger as we went along. We ended up replacing more of the deck than we had originally planned. It's a slow process when it's primarily only the two of us working on it.
The blocks under the deck are for some landscaping projects I have planned. This is what I have been working on when not working on the deck.
When I took the pic, the blocks aren't leveled out. Using some chat, I have about half of them level now. When finished they will be two high and I'll plant hostas and add some red mulch.