As part of the final front yard landscaping we decided to place a big rock on the lawn out by the road with our house numbers to make it easier for people to find the studio. Fritz Hoffman of Rock Ridge Services took me to the Rock Alaska Quarry in Eagle River to find the perfect stone. We chose this irregular, strangely shaped two and a half ton beauty.
Fritz and his helper, Duane Zander, unloaded the giant into a hole dug on our lawn.
They wrestled the behemoth for several hours turning it carefully to find the balance point, it tipped one way then the other and took a lot of patience.
After a lot of thought and discussion we declared the boulder installed! It has interesting lines and is quite sculptural. Now all we need to do is find some bronze house numbers and mount them on the front. Thanks Fritz, Rock Ridge rocks!
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, landscape artist
