gas leak?!

Today I came home from doing errands to see a man shuffling around snow in our front yard and a Consumers Energy van parked along side the street. I go out to investigate, and apparently called in that they smelled gas. I have caught whiffs of it when out walking or running, but since I didn't smell it 'til the end of the driveway, I thought it was someone elses home. Apparently, its coming from our yard. The man took me in the yard to show me where it was coming from; and I got a strong whiff of gas & heard the gurgling where it is leaking into the ground. A work crew came out to dig down into the ground and repair it. It wasn't our gas main, but the neighbors across the street where it connected to ours. Here is a photo of when they were working (the whole got bigger):

The upside is they said they would have a landscape company come out in the spring & repair it, so I am glad it's fixed now, and, it was winter and the ground was hard & didn't ruin all of the grass & front yard.

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Two weeks ago I picked up these gems as well:

I eyed them last year, but by the time spring/summer arrived & I decided we had room for the on the deck, everywhere was sold out. This year I started looking right after xmas, and have them all set for this summer. They are super comfy, and remind me of the ones from the Bahamas... but better since they are plastic we don't have to repaint them, and they are very durable!

I am soooo ready for spring. :)