Call the police! Our lawn is missing!

Behold our "scorched earth" yard, front and back. Just one day with the giant roto-tiller available at the neighborhood rent-a-center is all it took. Do you think the house will sell OK like this?

Construction continues

A view of our new house from the back yard (there is a little slope in the back of the back yard).

Another zoo trip, a new favorite

We went to the San Diego Zoo again (we bought memberships last year and we are maximizing our return on investment - they expire in April - and it was a good investment). Past favorites were the tapir and the okapi. Yesterday's favorite: Galapagos tortoise. The zoo has several that it acquired in the 1920's. That's 80+ years ago. And they have 50+ more years to live. It's a good thing, too. It takes them a while to do anything and go anywhere. Fascinating animals!

Meri - future air racer?

Meri is seen standing in Wildfire, air racing plane extraordinaire. I am designing the landing gear doors for it. The plan is to race it in Reno in September. We paid a visit to its hangar at the Mojave Spaceport on our way up to visit our house being built in Tehachapi.