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	   Lifting rocks with a come-along and a chain
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	   Prospective bench area composite
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	   Moving more rocks with a hand truck
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	   Only non load-bearing rocks have been moved
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	   Here's where they were moved to
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	   Actually these are too bright
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	   Adjusting the angle. No way to calibrate
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	   Too sensitive to non-motion and still too bright
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	   Before adding a stairway down to the water tank
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	   Post footer fits the rock
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	   Measuring stairway reach and depth
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	   Fine tuning the angled railing slot
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	   Adding this arm to keep people from falling off
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	   The Everbilt self-closing gate hinge instructions
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	   Widening gate arm to width of hinge
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	   Exploring a deck bench possibility
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	   Expanding the deck to fill a hole
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	   The same from the other side
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	   Framing a hillside deck bench
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	   Composite of bench framing
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	   Notice that No load-bearing rocks have been moved
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	   Have to stop for now; to be continued ...
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