We joined the zoo again, after a few year hiatus, and have enjoyed visiting there - particularly during summer evenings, during their extended hours where you can see some of the nocturnal critters doing thier thing. The "new" elephant exhibit is great, and we look forward to visiting more often. With our little electric car/golf cart, it's an easy and amusing trip there as well as the adventure of the zoo. That is, when it's operating properly! Going to convert it to full solar charging soon here...
We've had lots of activity in the 'hood. The house next door had fallen into sufficient disrepair, that when the renter of the front unit moved out, they were unable to rent it. Later, the back unit, which had no security lighting, was broken in to, and the theives took laptops and gear of the student renters - they moved out as well. With the place unoccupied, it quickly became a gathering spot for neighborhood vagrents. There were several advenutres with having to call the police, with the finally being the 5 cop cars, and a chopper over head, doors broken in, and the whole thing. That finally got the landlords attention, and they proceeded to renovate and tweak the place up, as we took maters into our own hands, and installed security lights to light their house! Our friend Kaiko later rented the back unit, and another friend Jon also moved in just a few houses up - we're glad to have them in our growing microcosm of community here.
Delilah has found new friends at school, including Sophia, whom lives near by - and we've enjoyed both their play, and also the ability to swap overnights, which has let us do several fun weekend adventures.
One such adventure was an anniversary escape for Barbara and I up to Monterey area. We did a power drive up, stayed in Carmel area, enjoyed walking at the beach and staying at some cute bungelow sorta places.
One of the folks with a "Birdhouse Backpack" out taking his feathered friend for a walk
Barbara at Carmel
My niece Melissa got married, and Delilah played Flower Girl in her wedding - as Melissa did in ours. Just days before the wedding, my mom had an episode where she tripped, and though she caught her self, there was a "crunch"- which was a vertabrae breaking... She was eventually able to have the surgery for the disk, but has had subsequent complications, including pneumonia - so still not back to snuff.
Delilah turned 8, and we had a fun party for her also - both kids and adults in attendance enjoyed the festivities.
A few pictures from the July community dinner - thanks Chrissy :)
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