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Then we went East to University Heights, where we are scheduled to work as docents for a garden tour. Our job is to stand around, keep people out of the cactus, and talk about plants we know nothing about. So today was the pre-run just to get a sense of the neighborhood. What a place it is, first settled around 1912-20, based on sidewalk dates.



I found a hummingbird hard at work within minutes after leaving the car. Yay!



We looked over the hill, hearing tractors at work. OMG look at the slope! They are replacing a street drain that ran underneath two homes and had collapsed. The new drain has to take a different route, shown here.



The guy walking down the hill said it was a 67% slope! They've been at it since January and expect another year or so until they finish and replant the whole area.



That is one brave dude in that tractor, within a nice roll cage, thankfully. There's a backhoe at the bottom too, which you can also see in my first photo if you look carefully.

Moving on up the block, this is the house we will be working on Saturday afternoon. It's about the best one on a street that is less than glamorous.

Let's go around the corner and up the house food chain a bit... this one was very nice though the color is a bit intense for my taste.

We stopped here for a few minutes to watch a pair of squirrels playing




Then this one appeared mystified by the gate and decided to climb over, rather than go through the gap at the left side.







A few of the homes were newer, like 50's-60's



Low maintenance "rock garden" with stone river.



This brick and woodwork probably provided the impetus for an on-the-job drug test!



Howdy neighbor!



We are entering a new tier of homes. 

Let's go on to Part 2 of our report as we cross the street to the North.

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