The Talking Stega
One thing that got put on hold when we bought this place was my VO journey. No that’s not Vehicle Ownership or Versatile Opinions–VO is…
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Anyone for a Pic-a-Nic?
Way, way back in 2020 (yes, during the pandemic), I ordered 6 huge fiberglass planters from terracastproducts.com. Four of them replaced the concrete ones dating…
Another Auction Craft
From the very same auction that yielded the bountiful crystal chandelier in the last two posts, I also picked up a bunch of small glass…
Cheap Crystals
Carrying on from the last post–another cool find from a local auction house was an old crystal chandelier. Once I got it home, I promptly…
Random Recent Auction Finds
If you do a site search of the word “auction,” a lot of results turn up. Since buying this place, we have purchased the majority…
Sunday Panorama
From January 22, 2024.
Sunday Panorama
From December 31, 2023.
Sunday Panorama
From December 29, 2023.
Sunday Panorama
From December 29, 2023.
Sunday Panorama
From December 29, 2023.
Light Restoration
Back in 2019 a storm did quite a bit of damage, including toppling one of the ancient streetlights that sit around the edge of the…
Neighbors along the Road
For close to seven years, I and a few other residents along our road have been rolling a boulder up the mountain–the boulder of trying…
“We Love Paving” Follow Up
An update on the horrific experience with “We Love Paving”.
The Last Remnants.
When the garage was erected in the 1970s, the Doc hung some cabinetry along the south side and back east walls. The build quality by…
Spice Cabinet or Jewelry Box?
After our bedroom was finally painted in 2023, I dug out my mother’s old spice cabinet. I had pilfered it years ago and over the…
Another Trashy Post
We have had a large number of dumpsters brought up here to take away large quantities of garbage. When we first moved in, the dumpsters…
Sunday Panorama
From Oct 15, 2023.
Composting
When we moved in, we started composting our kitchen scraps. While we had a garbage disposal in the kitchen sink, we soon learned to not…
More Chairs
What I didn’t mention in the previous post is that, on that same trip to World Market where I scored the cute chair for the…
A Chair for the Guest Room
A couple guests have mentioned that a cozy chair in the guest room would be a welcome addition. While we have a nice queen bed,…
In Memoriam: Katie
It is with much sadness that we share that our neighbor’s dog Katie passed away due to brain cancer this past summer. She arrived in…
In the Trench, Part 3
After the trench was dug and filled back in, we could fill the well tank only by flipping the breaker in the garage to turn…
Stega’s Bay Area Bird Photographers Presentation
Earlier this month I gave an online presentation to the Bay Area Bird Photographers group, covering a huge swath of my travels and resulting nature…
Sunday Panorama
From December 29, 2023.
In the Trench, Part 2
Carrying on from the last post, in early 2023 we needed to fix the run between the wellhead and tank. Because we live halfway up…
End of Year (2024) Video
We now interrupt the story of the new well water lines, as we almost forgot to post a link to our annual end of year…
In the Trench, Part 1
Cue the Time Machine music… Way back in December of 2022 we discovered an issue with our well. The float mechanism inside the tank was…
Hot Water Revamp
Since buying this place we have now replaced all the water heaters twice. Backing up a bit: shortly after moving in, the unit for the…
Long Road to Streaming Automation
Back in spring 2020 I started messing about with PoE, RTSP-capable cameras. I set up a livestream scheduled to push a feed up to YouTube…
Branding: A Contest
While tidying the linen cabinets I came upon some Purgatory merch that has never been claimed. We currently have some baseball caps, canvas bags, vinyl…
Sunday Panorama
From Oct 15, 2023.
Birds and Shelter
In addition to all the nest boxes and all the work to stop birds from hitting our windows, we have also installed a few simple…