My new business of hand silk screened skateboards and t shirts.  www.mikestroindustries.com

Since March, the flowers have really filled in due to the tireless efforts of the homeowners.  It is nice to do work that compliments its surroundings. 

I love when I get to reuse old concrete and bricks.  I had the opportunity to reuse some concrete slabs and sidewalks that were all broken up.  I laid the pieces just as I would stone for a walkway and left good sized joints for some nice walkable ground cover.  On another job I rebuilt a historic chimney on a house that was lifted for a new foundation.  I reused the original bricks from the 1870s home.

When I saw this garage with a potential for a disastrous landslide, I was excited to transform it into a structurally sound space.  The reinforced c.m.u. wall is built to hold back the earth and the new framing supports the house porch above.