The North Garden Takes Shape
Once a few deliveries of topsoil arrived, I set about spreading the dirt with Giggles. Video of some of the work streamed live on Google.
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Finishing Touches in the North Office
Continued from the last post–after repainting my office space, work still had to be done. I decided to repaint the rather tired wooden blinds that…
Today’s Log
Normally I write posts to catch up on the backlog of projects here, but today was such a productive day I figured I’d share what’s…
Office Recoloring
When we bought this place, just about every room was painted the same blah, light poop-brown. My office was no exception. Below are what it…
Up in the Air (video)
Winter mornings at 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 fell and snapped the line feeding the…
More Expanded Impact
It’s been over a year since we organized a neighborhood cleanup effort to remove a bunch of garbage illegally dumped on the side of the…
Bathtub Gardening
Once the great cleanup was done and the bulk of the rubbish left by the previous owners removed from Purgatory, I went about collecting bathtubs.…
Bonus Post: Bird Herding
We have several tools that we employ to help herd the boys when they wander into parts of the house where they really shouldn’t remain…
Upstairs in the Studio
Returning to the Studio renovation saga–things limped along for quite a while last winter, but once the windows were in place we were able to…
Everyone needs a green Ferrari
A short video of little tractor Dino. And yep, he’s a diesel.
The Clouds and the Pool (video)
Back in the spring of 2017, we resurfaced the pool (you can read the first post in that saga here). Well, one of the video…
New Panoramas
Some panoramas taken in September 2017.
End of an era
Sadly, over the 2017 holidays our little family of robots lost a much-loved (by some) and much-reviled (by others) member–the little blue Dodge truck I…
Resealing
While busy cleaning up the debris in July of last year, the driveway got resealed. This was a free one-off by the folks who paved…
Summer Cleanup
In July of last year, we completed the last major cleanup event at Purgatory. We got in another two dumpsters and piled yet more debris…
Revamping and Repotting
According to the Doc and the original plans of the house, there were built-in planters on each side of the front door in the entry…
Owlet Video
In the summer of last year, we had barn owls nest and raise seven offspring in the stables. We took some still images and set…
Finishing the Kitchen Chairs
Continuing from a post waaaay back at the start of this year… Once the metal kitchen chairs were disassembled, it was time to obtain new…
June 2017 Walkthrough!
Over a year ago I shot this vid and, while working to weed through a small mountain of videos that were shot, transferred it to…
So much cleanup
Summer is finally winding down here, and as things cool off, I’ve been taking time to ever-so-slowly go through heaps of digital assets that have…
June 2018 Aerial Shots
Below: not our animal pens, and since these were taken, the pens are almost all gone! Yay for having new neighbors!
Post-Fire Wrap-up
A video shot by our drone yesterday that shows post-fire conditions.
Yesterday
Yesterday was meant to be a day spent partly on road committee work (I’ll eventually explain what that means in another post) and crafting posts…
Studio Windows In and Stucco Done!
The new windows for the studio building finally arrived and were installed in early November of last year. Once they were in place, a team…
Dead Cows
We really can’t make this sort of stuff up. Two nights ago, some super rude person drove up our road and dumped a dead cow.…
Purgatory Printing
One of the projects finally completed but not written about (until now) is the redecoration of the guest bedroom. Yesterday I finally “finished” the room…
Administration Issues
As mentioned in earlier posts, in living here for over three years, we have had to combat a couple of nagging issues, and it’s been…
View from the Studio Roof
I’m working in a rather haphazard fashion when it comes to catching up on project posts, and as a result I have a lot of…