Austin ModHouse

dear reader,

I have not abandoned you.  I'm still here plugging away at the minutia.  seldom do I find an occasion to document the hanging of a toilet paper holder or an arrangement of rocks along the driveway.  trumpets do not sound and I no longer feel the great sense of accomplishment that I once held quite regularly.   so I will try to post frequently yet spare you my frustrations related to the small things still not done.

 I do have progress to report!

koi pond is plumbed, sealed and filled with water.  it's operating just as I had imagined it so many times as I lay awake in bed constructing it over and over. 

I got some helpful advice Dale regarding the liquid rubber liner I applied.

Dale Jennings

123pondscapes@sbcglobal.net

Pondscapes LLC.

(512)934-2218

the fountain is fed from the lower pool.  the water then spills over the negative edge.

I should be able to relocate our koi on friday.   

I have a pallet of zoysia to pick up in the morning.  it will fill the path from the house to the upper pool deck; between the green lines. 

we also have some progress on the solar panel install and the pool guy has pledged to have us ready to swim some time next week. 

a skink my daughter caught.  she's quite the nature lover. 

my 4 y.o. son is more into computer games.  recently he was a bit ill and hurled on their laptop keyboard.   we found a cheap replacement at  discount electronics .  the friendly guy behind the counter was almost done installing a new keyboard when my son says "OH!  I love that new keyboard.  I won't ralph on this one, it's different!"  we all sort of ignored him since he is just FOUR and there was laptop surgery in process.  but he insisted on interrupting the process with facts, "this one is different, the B and W are different."  we finally noticed he was on to something and sort of froze.  there was something different...  different in keyboards is not good.

we studied, compared and concluded that letters on the replacement keyboard were indeed in different places and there was no W!  just try using your internet without the W key! the three adults standing there had been using keyboards for a collective 60 years or more hadn't noticed.  the 4 year old mind saw it right away.