The Deal with the Devil: Part 1 — The Dirt
Or perhaps this post should be titled, Santa Clara County Planning Department should not be run as a revenue generating...
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Emergency Exit
The long twisty road that winds up to our little patch services about 50 residences and it's actually three roads...
Living “Private”
When we bought this place back in 2015 we really didn't understand what the term "private road" meant. Now we...
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 3
Once the concrete was cured we had a wall, but just a wall. The area between it and the pool...
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 2
Area where there was once a deck. Carrying on from the last post, we needed a small retaining wall to...
The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 1
Back in 2016 we rebuilt the Great Wall of Purgatory. It was a very arduous project that took months. You...
Blooms of Purgatory
It's been ages since I've posted images of some of the flora here at the ranch, so here are some...
Bonus Post
Since I've been so lax in writing posts, a wee bonus tonight. Any lingering regular readers probably know we have...
Old Windows
So we know that when the house was built the original configuration of the bathrooms opposite the linen cabinets had...
Midge Was Stolen
I'm taking a break from writing about bathroom windows to type out this short post. 2007 EarthroamerLicense CA 8PNC268Livermore PD,...
Best of 2021
After a few false starts I finally put together our annual year-in-review video.I went with epic music instead of the...
Sunday Panorama
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