The "Observatory" Begins

Okay, so it's not an observatory; it's just a pier.  But, hey, I've got to name it something, and "Plum Pier" doesn't sound as good.  In my wife's family, it's always hurry up (they build custom houses for a living).  Here's the sonotube for the pier waiting for the pour, which is scheduled to be done as an "extra" pour after pouring a slab for one of the houses being built.  Note the line of stakes marking north.  I had 6-7 spaced ~40 feet apart.  (You need to have them far from the pier because the truck is likely to knock them over.)  Our concrete guy was intensly curious about what this was for...