This post shows the block being laid for the curved part of the J wall. You can see Marlon not only cutting block into short pieces, but leveling as he goes. The tall sticks of vertical rebar will provide strength for when this area is filled with dirt.
Looking from the other way, you can see Marlon continuing to lay block while Alvarro drills drain holes so that this section discharges water in future rains. All of this is essential to creating a durable wall. As you view this, you can all see how they are working up the hill as they go.
Alvarro and Marlon still working on that curved part, but here it is nearly at full height. You can see the precision they achieved in their slow and deliberate work. The inside will be filled with good planting soil near the top of the wall. 
Viewed from 90 degrees around them, you can see the outside developing here. 
As they work up to join the original upper retaining wall which you can see on the right side of this photo, you can see Marlon creating steps. The cut in the concrete below where Marlon is laying block is the section that will form the upper planter box. They have a good amount of block to lay to form that upper box, which will be considerably taller than the lower one. We envision planting bamboo in the upper box, which will screen and provide a green foreground to what will be a tall wall behind it. 
This shows Marlon working up; actually at a point in block laying prior to the photo above. He is working over those pipes which carry water and potentially electric downhill for a second structure.
Thanks again for reading!
Dick and Jim
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