I spotted this little fellow as I was pulling into the garage of the Road House. The abdominal sac is about the size of a kernel of popping corn for a sense of scale. He was rather skittish and I consider myself fortunate to have gotten a couple of in-focus pictures.

On a completely unrelated note, we were granted our building permit for the River House today, the final bureaucratic authorization required to begin construction, and all for the bargain price of $21,000. Demolition of the foundation continues at a pace hampered by the availability of drivers for the dumpsters needed to haul away the debris. Expectations are that we will be ready to start excavation for the footings next week.