More Notes on Visitors
Visitors before and after the pandemic lockdown, and the projects they helped with.
Category: Every Day Things
Another Fun Tale
We finally made the burned-out VW across the road disappear, into a dumpster.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Major Leakage
A leak in the main line to the house, and a long garden hose to the rescue.
A Space We Finally Use
The butler’s pantry finally gets used, as our coffee station.
Mini Addendum
The Mini finds a new home, after a saga and a half.
The Mini
A semi-sonnet to the neglected Mini, looking for a good home.
Respray
A fresh coat of spray paint for our patio furniture.
Puzzling Filler Post
Pandemic puzzling, starting with an evil 1,000-piece puzzle of wine corks.
Blooms of Purgatory
Some somewhat-recent flowers from around the ranch.
Feathered Friends
Leftover meat and fish from the fridge become a buffet for the vultures, on trail cam.
Critter Cams
Why I’m sticking with Bushnell trail cams, and footage of the skunks using their new steps.
Other Critters
Our larger visitors, including Frank the Skunk and the wee staircase Agent Smith built for him.
Feral “Fun”
Our efforts to TNR the feral cats, and a perfect record of releasing skunks without getting sprayed.
Divesting
Getting rid of the things the previous owners left behind that didn’t end up in one of our 20-plus dumpsters.
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns, Part 1
Living up here, part 1: a map of the neighbors, and a drainage problem that’s carving a canyon in the hillside.
Septic Day (just a cleaning)
Our six-year-old septic tank gets its first cleanout. Just regular maintenance, something the previous owners obviously didn’t care to do.
The Extra Door
Dealing with the extra swing door in the kitchen.
More blooms of purgatory
Flowers bloom here no matter the time of year.
Inanimate Birds
For the Audubon Birdathon’s Foolish Flamingos team, I photographed all the artificial birds at the ranch.
Agatha
Please welcome Agatha, a giant 12-foot steel stegosaurus and the newest of our sculptures.
Downward Facing Birds
Birds, a feral cat and a bit of Frank the Skunk at the water bowl outside the kitchen.
At the Birdbath
Trail cam video from the birdbath, and our list of 58 bird species seen at the ranch.
Lick the Cookie
Agent Smith demonstrates his “lick the cookie” patent.
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.
Dino Drawers
Dinosaur fabric liners for the guest room drawers.
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.
The Grading Is In
Grading the beaten-up RV pad myself, in Giggles.
Timelapse Beta
A beta time-lapse from March and April 2020.
Small Stegas
Why I’m called Stega, and my collection of small stegosauruses.