Sewing Round Things is Tricky
Four round cushions for the great room, which turned out to be tricky to sew.
April 2022
Overgrazing is BAD
Overgrazing is bad: what years of horses did to the land, as seen in Google Earth.
The forgotten story about the new neighbors
New neighbors to the east brought new livestock and fence problems.
Evolutions…the North Office
How my office has evolved over the years, from the listing photos to today.
The Blue Eagle and Friends
Bronze birds, a Curtis Jeré and other small sculptures found at auction.
Sculpture Highlights
Proper power at the main gate, and lights on the condor and Agatha at night.
Just add steel sculptures
Giant steel condor and eagle sculptures from an auction, and how we installed them.
Adding to the woodpile
Moving the cut-up limbs from the tree line down to the woodpile with Bambi and Dumpy.
Fallen Fig
Our beloved old fig tree, killed by the previous owners’ concrete and toppled in a storm, and the saplings that remain.
“New” Bathtub
Hauling one last rusty old bathtub up from the south pasture to the north garden.
The Deal with the Devil: Addendum
Before, during and after photos of the dirt and the pit.
The Deal with the Devil, Part 3–Now What?
The Deal with the Devil: where things stand after years of jumping through the county’s hoops.
The Deal with the Devil, Part 2–The Stop Order
The Deal with the Devil: the county red-tagged us, and the timeline of everything since.