Courtyard Lighting Revamp The last post covered the work we did in June of 2018 to replace the glass in three of the… Continue reading “Courtyard Lighting Revamp”…
Replacing the Second Hot Water Heater In December of 2017 we had the second water heater replaced. Our house has two water heaters: one for the… Continue reading “Replacing the Second Hot Water Heater”…
Chimes @ Purgatory When we moved in the POs had left behind a tiny little wind chime outside the window above the kitchen… Continue reading “Chimes @ Purgatory”…
Strange Noises You know how sometimes your house makes strange noises? Well in addition to the occasional popping or windy creaking of… Continue reading “Strange Noises”…
The North Garden Takes Shape Once a few deliveries of top soil arrived, I set about spreading the dirt with Giggles. Video of some of… Continue reading “The North Garden Takes Shape”…
Finishing Touches in the North Office Continuing on from the last post…after my office space was repainted there was still work to be done. I decided… Continue reading “Finishing Touches in the North Office”…
Office Recoloring When we bought this place just about every room was painted in the same blah color of light poop-brown. My… Continue reading “Office Recoloring”…
Up in the Air (video) Winter Mornings @ Purgatory often look and sound like this. Continue reading “Up in the Air (video)”…
Gate Power (again) As mentioned in past posts, the main gate at Purgatory has been problematic. Several years ago a tree actually fell… Continue reading “Gate Power (again)”…
More Expanded Impact It’s been over a year since we organized a neighborhood cleanup effort to remove a bunch of garbage had been… Continue reading “More Expanded Impact”…
Bathtub Gardening Once the great cleanup was done and the bulk of the rubbish left by the previous owners had been removed… Continue reading “Bathtub Gardening”…
Upstairs in the Studio Returning to the saga of renovation the studio…things limped along for quite a while last winter but once the windows… Continue reading “Upstairs in the Studio”…
Everyone needs a green Ferrari A short video of little tractor Dino. And yep, he’s a diesel. Continue reading “Everyone needs a green Ferrari”…
The clouds and the pool (video) Way back in the spring of 2017 we resurfaced the pool. You can read the first post in that saga… Continue reading “The clouds and the pool (video)”…
The end of an era Sadly over the 2017 holidays our little family of robots lost a much loved (by some) and much reviled (by… Continue reading “The end of an era”…
Resealing While we were busy cleaning up debris one weekend in July of 2017 the driveway got resealed. This was a… Continue reading “Resealing”…
Summer Cleanup Last summer in July (2017) we completed the last major cleanup event here at Purgatory. We got in another two… Continue reading “Summer Cleanup”…