Backfilling the Walls... and fall foliage

The grading crew is back, this time to backfill the voids behind the rear foundation wall and the uphill retaining wall.

The dozer is moving dirt from the edge of the lot (where it was stored when it was removed during excavation) up to the track-hoe, which then is scooping it up and over the retaining wall.

They are about half done with the retaining wall, then will start on the foundation wall.

Since there isn't much else going on while we wait to have the slab poured, here are some fall foliage pictures from the mountains near our house. The leaves haven't changed much yet at our elevation, but above 4000 ft. (where we took these pictures) the colors are starting to peak. Click on the pictures for a larger view.