Another pool post
Another pool post: the pump controller was installed improperly, so it’s rewired and replaced, and the persistent leak is sealed.
Author: stega
Let there be some light
Adding some light to my gigantic office, including my grandparents’ old pole light, now with LED bulbs.
Stega cleans up
I clear out the pile of branches and logs the previous owners left to rot in the north pasture.
Trees: Before and After
Before and after: the giant gum tree, the fig and the walnut outside my office get some serious pruning.
The Trash Heap
Tree Techs By the Bay clears the previous owners’ giant trash heap by the barn, leaving us a lifetime supply of wood chips and a mystery farm relic.
Finished Fence Fotos
Photos of the long section of fence Agent Smith and his father finished last month.
…and the kitchen sink
The wheezing reverse-osmosis system under the kitchen sink is replaced, with proper shutoff valves this time.
A muddy start…
The grinders arrive to tackle the trash heap, and promptly get stuck in thick, heavy mud.
Some random images that haven’t been posted.
Random images: a possible 1851 grave marker for one Tom Collins, new doorstoppers and more.
Garage Work
Agent Smith tackles Stage One of organizing the garage, with 20 sections of Craigslist shelving.
Pools, hot tubs, and other watery updates
Pool chemistry lessons after the circulation pooped out, plus other watery issues the previous owners left us.
Tractors of Purgatory
The big tractors that shaped this hill, and the arrival of Dino, a 1983 Ferrari 95 articulating diesel tractor.
Outside my windows, there is life
Wildlife outside my office windows: a squirrel with nuts, quail and a somewhat shaky ground squirrel.
Final Kennel Details
The Smith boys finish up the old dog kennel, and the dumpster is picked up.
Debris Removal Week
Debris removal week: filling a dumpster with some of the decades of junk the previous owners left behind.
A little history lesson
I tracked down the doctor who built our house in 1966, and he came to visit. A really, really long post about the house’s history.
Belated Birthday Gift or Atonement?
Agent Smith brought home a cordless Milwaukee drill from Home Despot, one that lives in the house so I don’t have to trudge out to the garage for the greasy one.
Filing Cabinet Rehab
My old filing cabinet gets a facelift, with a new reddish look to go with my office floors.
Looking back…
Looking back at the original June project list and striking off what’s done.
The Tale of the Planter Boxes
How the planter boxes from our SF porch made it to Purgatory after all, and how the geraniums and succulents are settling in.
Random Pics that Never Got Posted
Pics that never made it into posts: the well tank replacement, the south pasture and old rodeo ring, and a neighbor whose tenants toss garbage over the fence.
The end of the little stable
Agent Smith and his dad take down the derelict little stable on the south side, all the way to the quasi-foundation in one day.
A peek inside
A peek inside our garage, and the discovery that its frame was originally a quarter of a school building.
A barn full of stuff.
Exploring the six-stall pole barn: barn swallows, a screech owl, tack rooms full of random stuff and piles of bird poop over a foot high.
The size of things
Recovering from the plague, plus pictures that show just how big the great room is, and a peek at the wine closet.
Back Again
The coyote visited again this morning.
Another New Neighbor Stops By to Say Hello
A coyote stops by to sample the fallen figs outside my office, more annoyed by the neighbor’s barking dogs than by me watching.
The Magic Bucket
Our new cleaning service accidentally left with the one bucket Thy isn’t afraid of. Happily, they brought it back.
More Water Work and Coining a New Phrase
A new water softener replaces the ancient Kinetico, with a small flood along the way, and we coin a new phrase for the previous owners’ half-assed fixes.
Great News Everyone! They’ve Fixed the Slime Pipes!
Able finishes the septic job, a county inspector checks things over and the hole gets filled.
End of Day One: Septic tank in place, and we can flush the toilets!
End of day one: the new septic tank is in place, and we can flush the toilets.
More Pics of the Septic Work
The septic hole is now much, much bigger, and the house is vibrating.