No, they don't even know I'm building it. Once it's built and I fill the trench back up, only about the top row should be visible above the ground. I plan to lay sod down on the dirt area in front of it as well and everything should start to look decent again. There was grass there before, nearly right up to the fence line. When I cut down the old fence and all of the lilac bushes growing along the property line, everything turned to dirt. I'm really trying to have a decent looking yard again and I've been working on the yard for several months now. I thought about titling the thread "small, non-structural retaining wall" but since the principals of the construction are pretty much the same for larger and more beautiful walls, chose to title it as I have. From what I've been reading, with larger walls you'll want to have a wider base, or even a poured concrete base, as well as a length of pvc pipe for drainage. There are also other things like back filling after each third level of blocks, and cutting back the upper layer of soil much more than I have. Despite this being built on expanding clay and on top of a less than optimal base, hopefully it will stay put for several years.