Green

The lawn was getting really tired, rooted, uneven and generally burnt out due to the southern exposure, hot summers and lack of water. I had my lawn guy (Chao) do a big aeration and soil replacement about ten days ago. He sort of dug up the existing grass, added about two inches of soil across most of the yard and put down a ton seed. I started watering immediately but the we got about 7 days of straight rain since. It's finally sunny today and I have never seen a greener lawn in my life.

The hope is to get some great growth until around mid November then a new lush lawn when growing season starts again in late march.

UCLA

Spent a couple days at a conference at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center and Hotel earlier this week. It included a couple walks around campus and I must say, it may beat Cal, Stanford and UCSD as the states most beautiful university. I've been to LA many times, but never UCLA.

After the Rain

Spent five days in Minnesota last week. Lots of it in the hospital with my mom but did get out for fresh air on a regular basis and caught up with my friend, Dan. Mom is doing better and is now in a TCU for rehabilitation of the broken leg. Sam drove up from Des Moines and joined us for a couple days, Nicole and Dylan are there this weekend.

It still feels like summer in the twin cities but I'm sure Fall is right around the corner. I'm sure I will be back a couple times this year and get some of Minnesota's best season.

Coast Guard Academy

The black bears played in New London this past Saturday and came away with a loss. Dylan played well and contributed by making both conversions kicks.

Solid Conversions