Who needs a gym?
With summer fast approaching, our need for any sort of gym membership is non-existent. Case in point: someone on NextDoor was giving away rocks, so…
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Mornings and Mailboxes
Some mornings we wake up and everything is all foggy. Some mornings we wake up to discover mail thieves have hit the hillside. Our mailbox…
The Wall Saga: Archeology
The first pic is the view of the concrete and deck demolition from my office through the north wing and great room. At this point…
The Wall Saga: Flagpole Displacement
As part of the wall project, we also removed the flagpole the Doc put in some fifty years ago. When he was up here for…
The Wall Saga: 900 Railroad Ties
To reiterate, when the Doc built this place, he got a deal on 8′ railroad ties–a buck a tie, and he purchased 900 of them.…
The Wall Saga: Concrete Removal Video
Here’s a short video showing Agent Smith Sr. helming the excavator as we worked to remove a half-dozen pavers from the pool deck.
The Wall Saga: Concrete Demolition
After removing trees and the ratty old deck along the pool, it was time to remove some of the concrete slabs that extended out towards…
Again with the kitchen sink
A few months after we moved in, I posted about our kitchen sink. We have limited space to its right, so we purchased a small dishrack…
What Lies Beneath
A great portion of our house sits on top of a concrete slab, but–and here’s the interesting part–3/4 of the house sits above this foundation via…
More Storm Damage
Another video of some of the storm damage from this winter. We had sustained winds of 55MPH with gusts of 70MPH.
Winter Storm Damage
Video of the stable roof, which was heavily damaged in the winter storms, is now up on our YouTube channel.
Tractor Practice
Agent Smith has been taking Tony out to practice crushing things.
Houseaversary (Bonus Post)
Yesterday was our Houseaversary–the anniversary of first discovering this house. I posted about it here last year and remembered to post on Facebook about it, but…
The Wall Saga: Deck Demolition
As part of the wall project, we took the opportunity to remove the horrible wooden deck and wall that ran along the south edge of…
The Wall Saga: Excavation and Trees
When we bought the property, we knew we were going to have to replace a very long, very old retaining wall that was built with…
The Bus Made the News
I will admit that, since the recent presidential election in this country, neither myself nor Agent Smith have been very upbeat. We are personally affected…
Not a Cat
While attempting to trap a new feral cat, I managed to get this in the cage one morning this week. Yes, it is exactly what…
Call me Ishmael
At the close of last year, The Whale was sold off to a brand-new LeMons team. While it was sad to see it leave the garage,…
Learning to work with Tony
Our new tractor arrived a while back and Agent Smith has slowly been getting the hang of things. Tony is much larger than little Dino,…
Burn, Baby, Burn
We have tumbleweeds here and the best way to manage them is to collect them all, smush them into a wire cage and then set…
All fenced in!
Last summer we posted about the abysmal state of our fences, and how the previous owners had bartered with a nearby horse guy to allow…
Ketchup cleans up!
As noted a few months back, we found a stash of random brass knickknackery in the stables. With some soap and water I managed to…
Paving Snags
It’s been a busy week at Purgatory, as a driveway repaving project has also become a let’s-replace-the-main-water-line-to-the-house project. This is currently day 2 without water,…
Very slow changes in the garage
Agent Smith has been working slowly on making the space inside the garage more useful. Since the garage is used regularly for building race cars…
More weather news
It’s been just a tad windy at Purgatory this weekend. Who wants to be a kite?
All Hail!
One day this week we had lots of wind; another day we had ice and hail. It’s definitely never dull. Oh and yes, we’ve resumed…
A Windy Day
It’s been very windy here today. This video will give you an idea of the craziness.
Busy, busy, but nothing to see
It’s been a busy few weeks here and while much work has been done to the website, readers won’t notice it (assuming it has all…
Tony Arrived This Week
Several notes about this video: just after the second cut Agent Smith accidentally ran over one of our neighbor’s dogs. The dog, named Happy, is…
The End of Dry Rot
As mentioned a while back, we worked with contractors to address the huge amount of dry rot on the exterior features of our house. First,…
Furnace Filters
We finished up our grand furnace project with two smaller projects last month. The first was ordering new filters that we could put in the air…
Pirate Booty!
As part of the cleanout of the stables, we actually found some useful things. First, a couple of table saws that we pulled out of…