A small side project and Signs of Autumn around Ely Minnesota

We are starting a new little side project. It is a small garage with a finished space upstairs.
Here the dirt-work is mostly done and the forms for the concrete have started going in. Rough-in plumbing has been done for floor drains etc.

Forming a slab and rough grading for a garage.

Rough grading and beginning forming for garage slab, Ely Minnesota.

Here the slab is done and one row of block to keep the framing a little bit off the ground. Materials have been delivered and the framing is ready to begin:

Concrete slab and block-work ready for wall framing

As I drive around this past week I have begun to see the first of the colors coming in. These pictures were taken yesterday and today I already noticed a considerable amount more.

Despite the signs of Autumn, this week has been unseasonably warm. In the 80s and sunny, humid.

I was moving some plywood, cleaning up a job-site a little bit, when this guy jumped out: