We just finished a week at Lake on the Mountain. Our annual pilgrimage to the land included a launch of this new model rocket. We fired it several times but the parachute just wouldn't open (200 feet up in the air), so the last time we just filled it with bits of tissue and let it pop like a little daytime firework.

The house has board and batten siding almost done, chimney done and inside painting is well along. This week the digging starts to get in power and water. It's looking great.