Leakage
The pool was leaking after the remodel, and Adams found and fixed a cracked pipe while I was away.
Author: stega
Another Vacation for Stega
Sixteen days diving on Little Cayman, plus a week in Florida with my parents.
Linens and Things
Reorganizing the linen hallway cabinets, a luxury of storage.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Long Lines
Tracing and staking the power line and water main on the hillside, mostly for our own records.
Another Bit of Electricity
Switches in my office for the courtyard lights, a big quality-of-life improvement.
Lick the Cookie
Agent Smith demonstrates his “lick the cookie” patent.
Contest Restart
Our apatosaurus from Carrie Fisher’s estate still needs a name, so the naming contest is back.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Battery Backup: Hosed
Battery backup: the power wall displaced the hose reel post, so Agent Smith built a better one.
Battery Backup: The Install
Battery backup: the Tesla Powerwall install, and an early lesson about running on battery.
Battery Backup: Understanding the Pieces
Battery backup: why we chose a power wall over a big diesel generator.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Console Tables
Finding the right console tables for the foyer.
Mirror Mirror
Making a starburst mirror for the foyer from old honeycomb blinds and a 3D printer.
When in doubt, just print it
Two years with our Prusa 3D printer, and all the things we just print when we can’t find them.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Dino Drawers
Dinosaur fabric liners for the guest room drawers.
Gutter Addendum
One more gutter on the south side of the great room keeps the rain off the windows.
Exterior Tidying
Our painter tackles the rot, stucco and siding the previous owners painted over, and repaints the house exterior.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Touching up some leaves
Touching up the painted trees in the boys’ space, plus a little swing-like shelf for treats.
Eating things one should not: Power Cords
The boys eat things they shouldn’t: shoes, a hammer and a power cord.
Eating things one should not: Cardboard
The boys eat things they shouldn’t, starting with cardboard, and Tenar ends up at the vet on fluids for a week.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Insulating Ourselves
Greenshield re-insulates the crawl space, after 50 years of mostly upside-down insulation.
Can’t see the trees for the trees
PG&E’s fire-season tree work, and why our tree crew now handles the mulberries too.
The Grading Is In
Grading the beaten-up RV pad myself, in Giggles.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Flooring all done. Time for before and after.
Before and after shots of the refinished teak floors, plus one new squeak.
Sanding is a Sandy Business
Sanding and refinishing the teak through half the house, after moving all the furniture out.
Click-Lock
Patching the old furnace holes in the click-lock floors of my office and the blue room.