The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 1
Back in 2016 we rebuilt the Great Wall of Purgatory. It was a very arduous project that took months. You...
Update
Old Windows
So we know that when the house was built the original configuration of the bathrooms opposite the linen cabinets had...
Midge Was Stolen
I'm taking a break from writing about bathroom windows to type out this short post. 2007 EarthroamerLicense CA 8PNC268Livermore PD,...
Best of 2021
After a few false starts I finally put together our annual year-in-review video.I went with epic music instead of the...
A few new trees
A very long in the tooth and long in the making story....it basically can be summed up with the sentence...
Predators, Prey and the Occasional Electrification
Carrying on from the last post where I mentioned a number of our apex predators, here's a collection of some...
Feral “Fun”
Since moving here we have been fighting the good fight to trap, neuter (or spay) and then release the feral...
Divesting
While we have had to purchase many things since buying this crazy place, we also have managed to get rid...
Rain Machines
As part of our home automation work, and a setup we actually got up and running last summer, are the...
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns: Part 2
The last post detailed some of the craziness that has to do with living up here: namely a particular resident...
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns: Part 1
Listen to this story Recently there was an article in Bloomberg about the many efforts of AirBNB to silence any...
Birds and Windows
People in glasses houses, besides not throwing stones, also need to find ways to mitigate the needless avian deaths caused...