Courtyard Lighting Revamp
The last post covered the work we did in June of 2018 to replace the glass in three of the…
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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…
Chimes @ Purgatory
When we moved in the POs had left behind a tiny little wind chime outside the window above the kitchen…
Strange Noises
You know how sometimes your house makes strange noises? Well in addition to the occasional popping or windy creaking of…
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…
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…
Office Recoloring
When we bought this place just about every room was painted in the same blah color of light poop-brown. My…
Up in the Air (video)
Winter Mornings @ Purgatory often look and sound like this.
Gate Power (again)
As mentioned in past posts, the main gate at Purgatory has been problematic. Several years ago a tree actually fell…
More Expanded Impact
It’s been over a year since we organized a neighborhood cleanup effort to remove a bunch of garbage had been…
Bathtub Gardening
Once the great cleanup was done and the bulk of the rubbish left by the previous owners had been removed…
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…
Everyone needs a green Ferrari
A short video of little tractor Dino. And yep, he’s a diesel.
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…
New Panoramas
Some panoramas taken in September 2017.
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…
Resealing
While we were busy cleaning up debris one weekend in July of 2017 the driveway got resealed. This was a…
Summer Cleanup
Last summer in July (2017) we completed the last major cleanup event here at Purgatory. We got in another two…