We had a great visit from Mom and friend Sue:
We hiked our backyard trails:
It rain when they were here, so they got to see the creek in peak glory:
We played with our tiny flare gun:
Sue tried burning down our house with it:
We also did some lounging:
And visited Irina:
Mom, remember this fledgling Green-brier vine?
In just 3 weeks it has grown into a 20′ monster, about 8″ a day!
Irina also had a visitor this month, Vera, her childhood friend from Moscow:
We took Vera and Irina for a weekend on the gulf, Pensacola this time:
I made sure I would go ‘off line’ and enjoy the beach by smashing my phone in our car door:
We rented a fancy condo with a view of the world. If you look just above the railing in this picture, you can see the curvature of the earth:
Pelicans kept an eye on us, regularly policing the beach with fly overs:
And various creatures came out of the sea in mostly unsuccessful attempts to scare us:
Back home, I internet-ed a 400 lb marble table into our kitchen. The delivery guy and I had a fun time carting it up our steep driveway:
This is my first step in transforming our kitchen from black to white:
Another project this month was to negotiate a deal with a tree that was in the middle of my trail. I asked him politely (using my winch) to move to one side:
This wizard watched in amusement:
I have visions of him playing a Roadrunner -vs- Coyote trick, gnawing at the rope so it breaks and the tree flips back and whack me down as I go for a daily run. So far the rope has held …
Bruce