"Deedies house" behind the main hacienda at the Leo Carrillo Ranch, August 2009. Deedie was Leo's wife and she turned this little house into an art studio! The last picture shows looking down

Inside Leo's hacienda.

The main hacienda at Leo Carrillo Ranch, August 2009.

A few more peacocks strutting the grounds at Leo Carrillo Ranch, August 2009.

Another cool thing about the Leo Carrillo Ranch, they've got dozens peacocks and pea hens just running around loose on the grounds - like they own the place or something! :-)

Still working our way around the grounds of Leo Carrillo's Ranch in Carlsbad California. August, 2009. Here's the main rancho, again (top). Then, the cantina and carriage house (bar and garage)

And moving up to Leo Carrillo's main hacienda in August 2009, we have the old Wash House and patio. Then, the big house with one of his brand marks in the wall that you see everywhere.

Great old hand-built rock and cast-iron bbq on the other side of the swimming pool (from the bar). Very snazzy, Leo! :-)

Next up, Leo Carrillo's swimming pool with a pool-side bar, fireplace and REAL sand! :-)

Still August 2009 and we're still exploring Leo Carrillo's Ranch in Carlsbad. And STILL hanging around the Caretaker's House down by the front gate that's now a little museum.

I'm baaaaaaaack! Just a week's hiatus after wrecking my car and springing my Parkinson's Disease on the world. Well, part of the world. Not everybody knows about it, yet. The PD, that is. That may have

Looks like feeding time at the San Diego Zoo's orang enclosure sometime during May, 2009. And this one's got a little security blankee that she drags around like Linus from Peanuts. :-)

That's the way I feel too, Mr. Bear. Trust me...

Just some more of these big lazy guys, again. :-)

Notice the lens lines on the last picture? These are seen through a video camera! They didn't even let us peasants breathe the same air as these precious Pandas!

Hey, what's happening over there??

Meanwhile, back at the San Diego Zoo in May, 2009... we've got these cute little guys with the ears. :-)

Wake up and smell the camels! That's gotta be wonderful. :-) And some kind of wagon that they pull around. Just another day at the San Diego Zoo. This one dates back to May, 2009.

The last time we saw this guy, I think Kent said he was some kinda tree kangaroo. :-)

See what I mean about the different kinds of critters they have at the Zoo versus the WAP? You don't see these guys at the WAP. :-)