The Deal with the Devil, Part 1–The Dirt
The Deal with the Devil: we took in clean fill to stabilize the old pit, without knowing what it would cost us.
January 2022
Emergency Exit
Reopening an old stretch of road as an emergency exit from our private roads.
Living “Private”
What “private road” really means, and how I ended up organizing the residents to maintain ours.
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 3
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: grading, drainage rock and soil between the new wall and the pool.
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 2
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: pouring the concrete.
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 1
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: quotes were too high, so we built the small wall by the pool ourselves, starting with the forms.
Blooms of Purgatory
Some somewhat-recent flowers from around the ranch.
Bonus Post
A year of time-lapses from the camera on the great room roof ladder, now in YouTube playlists.
Old Windows
Cleaning out decades of grime so the old bathroom windows stop rattling.
Midge Was Stolen
Midge, our Earthroamer, was stolen from our mechanic’s yard in Livermore.
Best of 2021
Our annual year-in-review video, set to epic music this time.