rock puzzle

David and I have been working on re-doing our rock retaining wall in the back part of our yard. David has been working on it more than I have. It is difficult. A puzzle so hard that I need grandma to solve it!

We have all these natural rocks of different sizes and shapes that were there to begin with or that we dug out of the ground when we were moving dirt around. Some are smaller than a bowling ball, others are the size of a pillow. They are all heavy! You have to find the big heavy rocks for the bottom, but you have to get them to fit together well so that they are stable. Here is a picture I found online to sort of show you what this will look like. I have no idea whose house this is. The thing is that our rocks fit together much more closely than the ones below- they fit like puzzle pieces. The only problem is that it feels like we are missing a piece. Last night we spent much of the evening trying many different rocks for one spot. We placed ONE rock last night. So much for having the rock wall done for the weekend! Well anyway- we'll keep working on it, and hopefully we'll have better luck tonight with fresh eyes.