I dig Emerson!

Studied Español.

Beautiful day!

The new school year will be upon us before we know it! Penelope will start Kindergarten!

I pass Rock Bridge BC every morning that I pick up the grandgirls. I pray for my dear friends Bill and Piper Cordrey who are studying Spanish in Costa Rica.

One of our favorite movies is Moana. It’s set in Polynesia. Today, we had a Moana party with tropical fruits and a coconut. It was fun.

I’m constantly teaching the girls something. I got out some of my saws. Two types of hack saws, a mitre saw (my favorite!) and a wood saw.

I explained to them what each were for and what they cut.

Then I asked them, “What two things do I need before I start cutting?” They immediately replied, “Safety glasses and gloves.” Yeah, baby.

While we were downstairs getting what we needed to open the coconut, Penelope found some stickers that a friend of ours had sent us. She went a bit crazy with them.

It’s not easy to cut a coconut.

I scored it all the way around.

Then banged it with a hammer to crack it open evenly.

Then sawed off the top to pour the juice out. The girls thought it was super gross.

We tried some pieces, not too bad.

Then to Zoo Atlanta! We renewed our annual membership.

The girls got to feed the giraffe! I only shot video of the feeding.

Two of my favorite cities!

So much to see!

I talked to my tax guy while the girls saw the naked mole rats. Not one of my favorites! Looks like everything is ready to go to be sent in!

The pandas were a big hit!

They pretended they were petting him.

We love llamas.

This represents about half of what we walked. We were really tired.

For some unknown reason, not all the pictures I took with my Canon camera got onto my iPhone. Bahd luck. I had some great pictures of gorillas.

Went by my office to check on the mail.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery “Cautiously Optimistic.” So good.

Just found out today that our next door neighbor will be moving. They are the ones that built the big fence next to us. Although I didn’t like him burning leaves, overall they were good folks and will be missed. Never know who might be next. I’ve had four different neighbors on the south side of my property and three different neighbors on the north side.