When I got it, it was horse pasture on a hill. My garden spot was in the middle on one of the terraces they created when the pasture was created. Long and narrow, 20 ft x 60 or more long. I believe it was all trees at one time. I don't really know. In the "old days" they used to burn or bury all their trash. I figure at some point, these were buried or got buried over time. They weren't deep either. Not more than 6 or 8 inches. The other place they used to dispose of things were in outhouses. Relic hunters look on old home sites for old outhouse sites in search of old glass bottles and relics of the past. I doubt there was an outhouse there, but that dirt might have been excavated when terracing or clear cutting for the pasture. I dunno. Of course, it could have been from years of passersby tossing things in the woods at the time and they just happened to land there. Or maybe it was an old moonshine still site. Not too far from the creek... :-)

It's entirely possible she ate a little something that didn't agree with her. I have two cats, a 1.5 year old and a 4 year old. The 4 year old has thrown up twice since I got her at 8 weeks and the one year old once. All three times due to something they found on the floor, or wherever, and it didn't sit well. Obviously nothing major as it was only one vomit each time, and they were fine afterwards. The first time my eldest threw up was because she got in the sink and found a tiny bit of chocolate milk in a cup. The other two, I've got no clue what made them sick. Oh, we've also only had one hairball in the last 4 years. Nows a good time to switch to adult, but I wouldn't stick with science diet. There are way better foods, dispite vets recommendations of what they sell at the vets office. I use chicken soup for the soul adult cat, and it isn't that expensive and the quality is a lot better.

Okay, here's where we now stand. The roofer who oversaw the roofing job (not the roofer of record), seems to feel he is responsible, since I first contracted with him. He feels that the reason the water got under the drip edge where it did is that the gutter had been raised in order to pitch it the "correct" way, and it was not low enough, that the drip edge was going into the gutter instead of sitting above it. He wants to either cover the fascia board with aluminum and run it up under the roof with a bead of caulk, or, place the "flap" of the drip edge against the fascia board and put the gutter up against it so there is no opening for the water to get into. I had the rep from Tamko at the house. He feels that the color problem resulted in the run between colors not being discarded, told me it RARELY happens , and is suggesting that the roofer swap about five sections with other sections from an upper roof, and hand seal them. He insists the integrity of the roof will not be compromised, and that it will look perfect. He also says that Tamko has no liability for color, that their warranty does not cover it, and he spoke to both roofers, partly in my presence, and partly while he "hid" in the driveway. I have to assume Tamko is going to pay for this work, but I was not told anything other than that someone else from Tamko would come to the house to look it over, and make arrangements. He then said that I would be asked to sign a release after the work is done. Interesting, in light of the fact that he is saying Tamko has no responsibility, that they simply want a "happy customer". I am not sure I am happy about them pulling out sections of roofing and replacing it, so I would like some opinions here. I had another roofer come in to give me some ideas on the ice damming and backup situation. He also mentioned aluminum on the fascia, he did not get up on a ladder so he can't comment on the drip edge, but he also mentioned another product which is "sticky", like the shield, which he feels he could put on the edge of the roof behind the gutter. Will this work with everything that is already in place? I feel like I have just spent over $13,000 for a nightmare, and I don't want it compounded, but the only reason we even did the roof was because of the backup of the water after a snow, and this problem has not been remedied.

Yesterday I clicked on one of those and the last comment was in 2004. I have noticed several times that those are really old threads but have also wondered if a spam message had been removed. Some of the old threads with new comments are simply hilarious especially when someone is definitely replying to the OP telling them to do something. If the problem has not been fixed by now it is not going to be fixed. Edited to add that this is showing to the right currently: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/oh-yeah-court-yard-before-and-after-dsvw-vd~3583767