Patio Steps

When planning the new patio doors out of the dining room, we knew that there was a significant difference in floor level between the patio and the dining room, and always planned to build steps from the stone taken out of the wall to bridge it. Starting this has been today's work: slow going, as our block-laying skills are not honed, and the stones are really very heavy. Most of the bottom layer is in place, and enough of the middle and top to allow easier access through the single door. Getting further will have to wait, for one thing, until I buy more mortar...I always forget how much you need...