This is what's going on in our back yard.

Our poor neighbor across the alley has been having plumbing problems, aka everything is backing up into their basement.  Ew.  After quite a bit of trouble they finally got the city to agree to come and dig things up and see what the problem is because they've already had a plumber come in and tell them its not something wrong on their end.  You can just barely see it, but they literally have a port-a-potty in their yard.  Apparently they have to go 24 feet down to get to the pipes.  Our hopes are that there is nothing wrong with our plumbing and that they don't accidentally get too close to the shed or our newly planted apple trees that are on the very border of where they're digging.  Fingers crossed for everyone!  Can't wait to see what it looks like when we get home.