I put down the first row of stones in the front, and figured that it might take as much as two bags of mortar per row. Of course this first one had a lot of mortar in the hole for the first rocks to rest in, so the rest of the rows might use a bit less. It looks good, though I know what I want it to end up like - to anyone else, it looks like a ragged row of rocks.

I cleaned the truck, took my recycling over to the village collection point, and hauled some of the compost leaves (in bags I picked up on trash day at other peoples' houses) to the back yard.

Getting ready to make a batch of banana bread, and I did a little shopping. Now I need a shower to scrape off the sweat, dust, and mortar. :-/

SRS