"Why did your blog fall off the face of the earth?"

So were the sentiments of one of Holly's cousins when we spoke just prior to Christmas.  True to my word, I'll get some additional photos and thoughts up over the next few weeks.

So here we go.  The last update was in late April.  I took photos of the finished product in mid-May but never posted them.  Not sure why but I'll get them up along with some nice winter photos.  We moved in the Friday prior to Memorial Day weekend and had no home phone / internet for most of June.  That's the only excuse I can come up with.


For now here's a few photos of something that I found a bit disturbing.  Holly and I were working from home on the Friday before Christmas break and heard a loud noise out front.  Here's what happened:

My brother-in-law Vince (former CenterGrover turned Carmel guy) tells me that my street used to be called "Bloody Olive Branch" due to the high number of accidents on some twisty sections of which we live right at the end.  I'm guessing that's the reason for the guard rail on the opposite side of the street.  This is an odd accident on my side of the street.

Judging by the tire marks, I believe he creamed the bushes and may have done a complete 360 on his way through the large rocks into the ditch.

My heart truly went out to the guy.  He said he had just had a child and I'm guessing delivering pizzas in his car was his livelihood.  All I could do was call the sheriff's office and offer him a coke.  As I thought more about the accident, our kids like to play down in that area and would have been flattened by the car.  Chilling.