On April 13, the garage was filled in with dirt and some work was done around the foundation. The next day it doesn't rain, concrete will be poured to finish the garage floor with a slope of a 2" drop slope over 20 ft towards the door. In case your curious, it doesn't snow so much in Lynchburg (the traditional reason for a garage drain in the center is so melting snow in the garage has somewhere to go) so I would rather have some inherent water ingress resistance.
Preethi and the dogs (Fritz in front, Silver in back) standing on the filled in garage viewed from the driveway.
Looking at the house from a tree at the front (North East) corner of the lot. There's also Preethi and the dogs. I think it gives you a good perspective on the relative level of the filled in garage.
The top of one of the now buried concrete piers in the garage.
We had hoped that from the second floor we would have a good view of the ridge (much larger than one in our backyard) that effectively borders our neighborhood. But looking out from on top of the garage, it looks like we'll still have a good view from the first floor (at least when the leaves are off the trees).
Here you can see the hole underneath the foundation and a trench that will lead to the septic tank.
You can see Spring coming to the lot here with the grass growing in (looking across the stream to the field). That's me in the front (left), Silver in the middle, and Fritz on the right. 
Some time ago we planted several patches of tulips along the stream . While the deer ate one patch, several other patches survived (until now). And now we have our first bloom.
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