My brother Andy is a self-employed stone mason. He and his wife Colleen live in this house along with their dog Renegade and their polydactyl cat Argus.

Andy owns several acres along the Cimarron river. He and Matt and I walked to the shore.

Matt, Andy, Renegade.

Climbing down the rocks.

At the Cimarron riverbank.

Andy's neighbor has cars scattered around the yard, too, but it's more of an upscale clutter.

Andy collects Indian arrowheads and fossils he finds on his land. The two arrowheads on the upper left have been dated to 3000 BC or older. Andy also is a knapper: he makes his own arrowheads. The fossils are (left) a trilobite and (right) the femur of a mammoth.

Andy's living room.

A boy and his dog.

Andy and Matt and I went out shooting pool. Andy is the local champion.