It's getting closer...

Okay, this first picture with throw you off for sure, but I thought it was a very great illustration of how it can rain in one little area and leave big puddles, and then a foot further it is completely bone dry. It's raining at the Tooth of Time, and we didn't feel a drop. Nor did anyone else around. I am sure some scouts got soaked, though.

The Tooth of Time gets rain. Still working weather in Miami!

But really what is getting closer is the hole for our basement. We have been digging in earnest. It really was kicked off by Dad's visit six weeks ago, and now we have a ramp. These pictures are all from July 31st. Today Pop actually cleared out most of it.

The ramp will eventually become a steep set of stairs down to the cellar!

We're actually standing where the water heater and furnace will be, but you can see that there is a lot of dirt pile up north of the hole. The north-side of the basement will actually be fully buried, but the south will have room for windows!

Tom is squatting in the family room - downstairs we'll have the TV and computer.

And while this is all well and good, we still need to trench and pour the footer. Walls won't go up until next year. It will be a while before our hole becomes a home...