Zen Maki Highlights 2011

This was put together by Mr. Free~ one of Zen's assistant Coaches. He's one of the awesome~est people...and doing this for Zen and Zen's team is truly SUCH a gracious thing. THANK YOU FREE!

AND Thank You Zen, for all your work to make such incredible basketball playing!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMgsoD9-fWs

A sunny afternoon at our new home @ Porter Gulch

This is looking at the house from partway down the driveway. That's a hot tub waiting to be nursed back to health there. And yes...lots of yard to the right and further...to be GARDENED!

The feline...Lynx. He's learning how to be a true blue animal~
which means lots of life OUTSIDE the house!

I've only come close to an asthma attack twice since moving in...the cat's being outside- lots-and lots of vacuuming helps. Can you see the cat- attacking Zen's arm? He is a character...you should hear his hissing...maybe I can get it on film one day!!! That'd be cool!

Moved! But still in Santa Cruz County~~

Got back from Japan the end of April, and hardly unpacked...but went right into packing up and cleaning to move in with our old friend Jon. And then there's the dog Levi~ and one more critter~ a furry, big house cat still learning to be an outdoor cat, Lynx.

I got to sell a bunch of our things with a woman who has garage sales most every Saturday, near our condo...and dear friend Val, who I met at tennis and am otherwise now great friends with, joined us for a little chat, and time in the sun too.

AT GRANDMOM'S...I hung the KOINOBORI Ischin got for her 92nd birthday!

May 9th, 1919 Can you see, I could get a balloon that reads "Happy 92nd Birthday"

So where we've moved is a home up Porter Gulch Drive, a mile and a half back from the main road, into the redwoods. The house is furnished already, so Taka and I bought a shed to put together, for all the things we want to keep for the future.

No wonder it was so reasonably priced- $200. for a 6' by 8' shed....but 40 pages of directions for putting it together has meant...it's taking TIME!

First we had to chop out the stump of a tree, back in the corner of where we wanted to situate the shed.

Managed to get Zen to help as well~ a little bit.

Then had to make a foundation-floor~

The walls are up, but then it's rained for the past two days~now everything's soaked, and the past two nights, good ol' Taka proved he's also a great fire maker as well!!! We've gotten to warm up home via the wood stove~