Year in Review
Our 2017 year in review: from the fences, driveway and pool to the studio remodel and a new garden.
December 2017
2017: another year in review
A 2017 year-in-review video.
Third Christmas @Purgatory
Our third Christmas at the ranch, and a new oven on the way.
Knobbly Bits
Agent Smith rebuilds the broken original drawer pulls in the linen hallway.
Finishing Touches in the North Hallway
New drapes to screen off the boys’ space at night, so we can sleep past 7:30.
Painted Hallway and Bath
The hallways and the bath, painted at last.
Impromptu Painting
Professional painters tackle the north and linen hallways and a half-bath.
Bird + Water bottle + Underworld
A bird, a water bottle and Underworld.
Patching and Studio Speaker Removal
Patching the studio’s many holes and pulling out its speakers, while we wait for the new windows.
Blooms Around Purgatory
Flowers blooming around the ranch.
Tree Removal
Agent Smith and his dad take down a dying gum tree, and the stump ends up in the Pit of Sarlacc.