Sunday Panorama: Little Purgatory
A Sunday panorama of an underwater view off Little Purgatory, July 22, 2025.
Author: stega
Agents of Purgatory
From Agent D to Agent Pigeon: the story of the personal assistants who have helped keep the plants, birds, nest boxes and veg boxes at Purgatory going–plus a ficus that came back from the dead.
Veggie Sarcophagi
Rubble from around the pool and slabs from the old deck get a second life as gopher-proof vegetable planters–little sarcophagi–down where the old dog kennel used to be.
Little Purgatory, Part 4: Will Trade Furniture for Wine
Round two at Little Purgatory: new furniture shipped in, old furniture traded for wine, a dead dolphin found thanks to a goofy dive computer, a pizza-fueled downstairs cleanup and a suitcase full of styrofoam.
Sunday Panorama
A Sunday panorama from July 30, 2025, with construction underway.
Little Purgatory, Part 3: The Great Purge
Ten days in the heat with no AC, purging someone else’s clutter from every cupboard, shelf, drawer and closet–plus a sea urchin, an iced coffee rescue and a rummage sale for a good cause.
Little Purgatory, Part 2: Offer and Escrow and a Wedding, Oh My!
My offer on Little Purgatory is accepted, escrow and inspections get underway, Agent Smith and I finally make it official at the County Recorder’s office, and in May the house is mine.
Little Purgatory, Part 1: How It Happened
How a decade of dive trips to Little Cayman, a liveaboard in Indonesia and a chat on a porch led to a second Purgatory. Part 1 of the Little Purgatory story.
In Memoriam: Happy
Our neighbor’s dog Happy, one of our very first friends here, passed away in the summer of 2025. We are less happy without our little Happy.
More Signs to See
New Quail Crossing signs on the driveway fence, plus a look back at all the other signs we’ve put up around here over the years.
Holidays of Late
Our cherry blossom lamp-tree finally gave out and the white tree was too sparse, so now we have one that looks a lot like Charlie Brown’s. A holiday decor update.
Sunday Panorama
A Sunday panorama from December 28, 2025.
A Whale of a Tale
Agent B’s ceramic whale finally replaces the broken plastic pitcher on the foyer console table.
Lucite in the Sky
A vintage spun-lucite globe from auction, in a green that matches the great room tile.
Matchy-Matchy and Some Tape and Some Labels
Matching lights outside the bedroom and kitchen, and taped and labeled switches in the studio.
Sunday Panorama
A Sunday panorama from December 10, 2025.
2022 Aerial Images
Aerial photos from three flights in summer 2022, before the new fencing and the new roofs.
It’s Always Fence Repair Season
A rundown of fence casualties from the race team, cattle, a contractor, a tree and a sightseer, and who put them back together.
New Roofs, No Pavers Required
Storm winds peeled the shingles off both wings, so after a stopgap of pavers on garbage bags, Eastman gave us new roofs.
New Paint, Same Purgatory
A new look for the site: a theme I rebuilt from scratch, just clean PHP and CSS.
Weed “Abatement”
Another documentary about another county department, this time about weeds.
The End of the Pit Saga
The six-plus-year pit saga with the county is finally over, and I made a documentary about it.
And the mud…
And the mud, the sort that will suck the boot off your foot.
Weather and Wind Stuff
The wind and rain we get up here, and our new Tempest weather station.
More Miscellaneous Crafts
More miscellaneous crafts, including painted stegosaurus puzzles and bisque Christmas trees.
Some crafts from this past year
Some crafts from this past year, from a hare decal to a painted breadbox.
Scanning, Shredding and Rethinking
Scanning and shredding seven drawers of paperwork, and rethinking my office storage.
Parrot Destructions
Living with two 25-year-old parrots means shoes, doors and puzzle pieces aren’t safe.
Lots of News Coming
Lots of news coming: the end of the pit saga, new roofs and the purchase of Little Purgatory, a second Purgatory!
Visit Purgatory and Support SFBBO.org!
Visit Purgatory on October 11 for a tour, birding walk and lunch to benefit the SFBBO.
Fewer Terabytes
Thinning 30 TB of files on our NAS down to under 18 TB.
Scooting Off
Saying goodbye to my beloved scooter and the Aprilia Futura from our early dates, both little used up here.