Update on the Drainage Ditch

The drainage ditch project is of endless interest to us because we have to navigate around all the construction debris every time we come and go. It appears to almost be done. The mother of all the little children thinks I am nuts taking pictures of her kids. She was wearing a sparkly navy-blue sari the other day, sitting on our driveway nursing the baby when I got home. Here are the kids playing a game with stones -
It is almost complete with edging and cementing nearly done. They've put a cement sort of apron across the front between the ditch and the road as well. There is a place where a water pipe has been broken, making a little natural spring sort of thing by the gate. People used to come early in the morning with containers to get free, clear water. It's all been built into the whole ditch now - we watched the mason brick in a little channel so it runs into the ditch underground. It will be a disappointment to those who relied on it. One of the last mornings before they covered it up this man was sitting in the puddle it created taking his morning bath.