Making the Great Room Great — Step Five: Finding Furniture
During the first few years that we were living here there was much discussion about what sort of furniture we…
Category: Update
A bit of sad news.
The other night I was doing some research as I was thinking of writing a sort of summary post about…
Last Stop: Zurich
The primary reason for traveling was to attend the wedding of friends in Zurich so on after four days in…
On to Paris
Soon enough we were back in London after two lovely days up north visiting family. We then boarded a Eurostar…
Inanimate Birds
While there is still plenty of house/land stuff to keep us busy, sometimes it’s nice to have a scheduled activity…
Quick Beaks and Quick Fixes
One of the reoccurring issues we’ve experienced has nothing to do with the ineptitude of the previous owners but instead…
The wee gopher snake
Carrying on from the last post concerning stuff under our house: something that got posted to my Instagram feed but…
January Aerial Video
A high up tour of Purgatory as well as details on the recent big storm and resulting damage.
Light under the house….
Back when we did the re-insulation project in the crawlspace we knew we wanted to do a bit more. The…
End of 2020 Video
As is custom, although a few days late, I finally put together our end of year video. Hope you enjoy!
Agatha
Yes I’m still very much behind on posting new content, but I did manage to get this video put together.…
Oh so busy
We’ve been incredibly busy here and thus the crafting of new posts has lagged significantly. One side project has involved…
Another Time Lapse Video
I’m a tad behind on writing stories for the site, but the time lapse stuff has been a fun diversion…
The Lightning Storm and Resulting Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains
This summer I’ve been monkeying about with a time lapse camera pointed westward out over the valley. The camera was…
More Furniture Finds
After buying the lovely table at Michaan’s I started visiting in person during their preview hours and thanks to a…
A Trip to the Auction House
Way back early on after buying this place Agent Smith and I discussed ways to furnish it that did not…
Vacation Part 2
The chimney was stripped, the pool leak repaired, the closet holes patched, the Murphy bed put together and quite a…
Filling in the Holes
One last project that was completed while I was off on vacation was the final cleanup of the crawl space…