Happy, Spartacus and Rusty
Those are the names of three of our Nearest Neighbor’s dogs. They’re very friendly and often come to visit us which, since we don’t have dog of our…
Category: Every Day Things
Mud: we has lots of it
Not just any mud but clay mud that sticks to everything. As such, we now have shoe scrapers scattered about and this is what they…
If a tree falls on a power line,
and nothing is connected to that power line… Suffice to say, there was much head-scratching all around last week when a tree decided to fall…
Tiny Updates
Here is a list of small things that are done/sorted/no longer broken but they don’t really merit a post of their own. 1. Wood chips continue…
Furnace Fun
When we bought the house, we were well aware that the furnaces were old and needed eventual replacement. They are original to the house, installed in…
A bit of decor
Our front foyer was sorely lacking a spot for people to sit and take off or put on their shoes. This is an issue when…
Neighbors up here…
Living on the outskirts of civilization means we have neighbors with large animals–cows, goats, sheep, llamas, the asthmatic donkey and, of course, horses. Last night,…
The final bit of the planter box story.
Back when we lived in SF, we had a couple of planter boxes out on the side balcony. Originally a light well when the building…
Different Days, Different Looks
It’s rather lovely living up in the hills. One remarkable facet is the ever-changing light and ever-moving clouds. First shot below is a shot I…
Invaders
One of the weirder aspects of living somewhat in the wilds is that a lot of people get lost up here. Most often we have…
Drinking Hard
In light of the rant I just made, here’s a happy water moment to lighten the day.
Some mornings we wake up in a cloud
And by cloud, I mean “a visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to…
Our First Christmas at Purgatory
It was a very quiet day here at Purgatory as Agent Smith is still suffering from a nasty bug. Nevertheless, we had our first Christmas morning…
Holiday Cheer
This evening I recorded this for Agent Smith, and I’m now sharing it here. Feel free to laugh…a lot. For those that get blogpost updates…
Some random images that haven’t been posted.
While prepping another post about our kitchen sink, I found a bunch of images that never made it into posts, as they’re just quick one-offs…
Belated Birthday Gift or Atonement?
Wednesday night I got home from class and found AS had purchased something I had requested from Home Despot. This one will live in the house…
Filing Cabinet Rehab
I’ve had a fairly standard four-drawer, table-shaped filing cabinet for years. When I lived in Ohio I painted it a swirly blue and packed it…
The Tale of the Planter Boxes
When we lived in SF, we had an odd little porch off the living room. It looked out and down into our neighbors’ backyard and, while…
A barn full of stuff.
Monday, while the Smith boys were tearing down the small horse shelter, I did a little barn exploration. The property has a six-stable, two-room roofed…
Back Again
She visited again this morning.
Another New Neighbor Stops By to Say Hello
Last Wednesday I got to meet one of our neighbors. She(?) came over to sample some of the figs that had fallen from the tree…
The Magic Bucket
One of the downsides of moving was that the woman who cleaned our house in San Francisco doesn’t work in San Jose, so when we…
Photo Stream* Highlights
I finally posted some new images up on our Photo Stream. (Update: the Photo Stream is no more, so here are some highlights and a…
Scanning Complete
Last week I finished the small document scanning project I started two weeks earlier. The POs left behind a small pile of rolled-up plans, which…
So we moved and so did the boys
We are now living full-time at Purgatory. Almost three weeks ago the movers showed up and carted almost all our boxes and furniture down here. I…
Bye bye, old thing
One of the eyesores on the property was an old kid’s playground the previous owners had for their daughter. It hadn’t been used in probably…
Plum Problem
Our plum tree in San Francisco apparently does not want us to move, as we are harvesting a bumper crop this year. We have so…
Small Things and Big Blinds
Last week I took my giant ceramic Hello Kitty to the new house, and now it sits proudly in the butler’s pantry. I also discovered…
Vehicles and such
Great news this week: our 2012 Mini Cooper Clubman (which was heavily modified to make it even more fun than your standard Mini) sold. We used Shift,…