TDF

Leon got all of us, N.B. including, "infected" with the Tour de France fever as we were all watching each stage every day for the past three weeks. It is now over (Contador won on a slimmest margin) and we are already looking in anticipation to the next year event. Perhaps we'll make the trip too.

Outing in Boston

Alik is in Boston this week, so the four of us, plus parents, join him there on Saturday spending a fabulous day together. After the obligatory stroll through Boston Common, Beacon Street and Quincy Market we had a nice lobster dinner at Tia's and then, on the way back, a big finish at Finale.




P.S. Also, despite Leon's objections, we did a quick drive-through Brandeis (thumbs down), Northeastern (ok) and B.U. campuses (ok).

Max the Gunsmith

A note from the latest generation in the long and proud history of Lyakovetsky's gun makers:

 My LEGO AK-47. By far, my best Lego weapon. I've done a Bushmaster ACR, Atchinson Assault Shotgun AA-12, and a Desert Eagle. But this is no match. Of course, its not the best, its got a few problems, but it is the best work I've done, and it will always be. :)

(This post is written by Max)

Dead Squirrel

A squirrel felt to its death while doing air acrobatics between the trees in the front yard. This untimely demise missed the garbage pickup by few minutes (next one is on Tuesday). Since keeping the animal corpse in a plastic bag inside the garbage can in 90 degrees weather for 4 days wouldn't be good, Max and I decided to bury it. Max researched the depth of the hole (1.5 feet) and confirmed the presence of decomposing worms and bugs in Southwest Connecticut soil. We selected a quiet place far from the well and the leaching field. Digging a hole wasn't too easy as the soil was full of rocks and roots. But it is all set now. RIP, the squirrel who wished it could fly...

See pictures here...