Austin ModHouse

school started today. 

the two older kids got up and out the door without a single snag.  realizing that my summer project time was running out, I had a mad rush to finish my mailbox project.  the two older kids helped me watch the baby when they were home.  now, just the toddler and me....  can't really spend my morning working outdoors.

one side and top are from a single piece of stainless steel, the other side is polygal.  the back is a piece of lexan with a solar powered LED (should illuminate when it is dark out).  the threshold is reclaimed black granite bullnose.

suspended it from a ladder to seat in 300 lb of concrete.  I welded a bunch of steel pieces to the bottom to sink into and grab the concrete base.  so the mailbox appears to just sit on top of the footing.

take a walk on the wide side.  using the wide angle 10-22mm lens affords new views.  several extreme wide angles featured in this post.

we are about to break a record for 100+ degree days, also in the middle of a historic drought!

a seldom seen rear/side view of austinmodhouse

enjoyed happy hour with friends at Doc's Backyard 

some micheladas and a margarita.  I liked the tomato based michelada but the one that imitated a margarita just made me want the real thing, which I did get.

enjoyed a traditional sunday dim sum at shanghai.

kat spent the better part of the day landscaping the area between the mailbox and driveway.  it was 104 degrees.  our succulents love the sun and heat, they are multiplying fast.  she is able to thin our current succulent garden to landscape other areas and still have plants left to give to friends.

I could look at that rear end all day long.  hope to get those leaky cam seals replaced some day...

I was glad to see snakey still lives around our koi pond.  at one time he seemed so tame, we could get close and he seldom retreated to his shelter.  he'd spend all day just resting there, looking at us looking at him.  but, ever since my daughter caught him, a snakey sighting has been a rare occurrence.  he ran off soon as he saw me.