Another Fun Tale
This past Boxing Day (the day after Christmas), I, Agent Smith, and a few intrepid residents managed to make the old burned out VW “magically”…
Category: Every Day Things
Major Leakage
After the plumbing modifications detailed in the last post, the pipes were quiet for about 10 months. Then one night in mid-December of last year,…
A Space We Finally Use
Going from a somewhat tiny house in San Francisco to this place meant it took a long time for us to use certain facets of…
Mini Addendum
The wee poem I wrote about the Mini Cooper came about because the BMW Car Club sent an email asking members for stories from members…
The Mini
Oh little Mini, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. You do not go fast like BDR5— a Volvo wagon with an…
Respray
When we lived in San Francisco, we had a strange little balcony that was accessed from the living room. It looked out into the second…
Puzzling Filler Post
This is another of those mundane posts, as during the height of the pandemic, Agent Smith and I did what many other people were also…
Blooms of Purgatory
It’s been ages since I’ve posted some of the flora here at the ranch, so here are some somewhat-recent images.
Feathered Friends
It’s been a super busy couple of weeks here at Purgatory. Lots of big and small projects being completed and while I’ve stalled out on…
Critter Cams
After messing about with a few different trail cams, I’ve decided to stick with the Bushnell line. All the other stuff on the market are…
Other Critters
Carrying on from the previous post, here are some of our larger visitors and residents. First, this is Frank. We learned that Frank and other…
Feral “Fun”
Since moving here, we have been fighting the good fight to trap, neuter/spay, and release (TNR) the feral cats that live here. The first couple…
Divesting
While we have purchased many things since buying this crazy place, we’ve also managed to get rid of a lot of things left here by…
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns, Part 1
Recently there was an article in Bloomberg about the many efforts of AirBnB to silence any reports of crimes committed at properties listed through them.…
Septic Day (just a cleaning)
Hard to believe our lovely septic tank is six years old. Late last summer, it got its first cleanout and checkup. Everything looked good, the…
The Extra Door
Revisiting something mentioned in an earlier post and providing a bit more detail. Most of the doors here are sliding glass ones, but when we…
More blooms of purgatory
It’s been ages since one of these posts. No matter the time of year, there are flowers here.
Inanimate Birds
While there is still plenty of house/land stuff to keep us busy, sometimes it’s nice to have a scheduled activity to allow us to relax…
Agatha
Yes, I’m still very much behind on posting new content, but I did manage to put this video together. Please welcome Agatha. Last month she…
Downward Facing Birds
I set up one of the trail cams pointing downward at the water bowl outside the kitchen, the same one Frank the Skunk likes to…
At the Birdbath
(Yes, I’m still very behind on posts, but I really am working on that, albeit very slowly.) On the suggestion of a neighbor, I took…
Lick the Cookie
One bit of decor we’ve added to the house is a long (and growing longer) row of patent plaques that Agent Smith received from his…
Mirror Mirror
As mentioned in the last post, the 3D printer helped with a recent crafty project I created for the foyer/great room. I spent a few…
When in doubt, just print it
It’s been two years since we bought our first 3D printer–a Prusa MK3, based upon a friend’s recommendation–and we learned very early on that one…
Dino Drawers
A tiny, odd project involved some cute dinosaur fabric I found on sale a while back. In just a few short minutes with my interlocker…
Eating things one should not: Power Cords
Continuing the theme of the preceding post, living with two large parrots means sometimes things get eaten. Shoes are a frequent target. I have a…
Eating things one should not: Cardboard
Regular readers of this little blog know that we have two large parrots sharing our world. While Tenar and Thlayli (Thy for short) are basically…
The Grading Is In
With all the work we’ve done in the last few years, the front section of the “RV pad” had taken a bit of a beating.…
Timelapse Beta
March-April 2020.
Small Stegas
I (stega) have been called stega for a long, long time. There’s a very long story regarding the early days of videoconferencing and male genitalia…
Sunday Panorama
The pool solar. Taken in 2016.