2022 Aerial Images
It’s been a while since the last batch of aerial photos (April 2019, for those keeping score). These are from three flights in summer 2022,…
Category: Update
It’s Always Fence Repair Season
It’s important to mention that between the wind, the neighbors’ livestock, the race team and the occasional lost driver, the fences around here take a…
New Paint, Same Purgatory
If things look a bit different around here, you’re not imagining it. After running the same theme for years–and I mean years–I finally rebuilt things.…
Weed “Abatement”
This week I finished another documentary about another county department.This time it’s all about weeds…and not the good kind.
The End of the Pit Saga
A few weeks back, the Pit Saga of the last several years finally wrapped up completely. I spent a month putting together a documentary about…
And the mud…
In addition to the wind and rain, we get mud. The sort of mud that will suck the boot off your foot. Or get things…
Weather and Wind Stuff
Over the years we have experienced lots of weather. While we don’t get the snow those up on Mt. Hamilton do, we do get a…
Lots of News Coming
So, carrying on from the last post earlier this year–after I did my huge data cleanup, my OWC drive enclosure started experiencing issues, namely the…
Scooting Off
When we lived in San Francisco, I got around the city mainly by scooter. My first scooter was a little Aprilla 50cc, but after a…
The Turkeys
In late 2023, two orphaned turkeys were released here. This is their story. (cue “Law & Order” dun-dun)
Home Automation, Take 2
Over the years I’ve written about various facets of our home automation setup. First we just had a Sonos that started and stopped at set…
My Own Music
Nowadays most people stream music from services like Spotify or Pandora or Apple Music. It’s easy to just like a few things and have data…
Those Old Planter Boxes–An Update
If you’ve read most of the posts here, you might remember the tale of the old planter boxes we purchased when we lived in San…
Another tree update
When writing the last post I realized I should create an update on the pepper trees we planted several years ago. For a quick refresher,…
New Trees, and then New, New Trees
Around this time last year I purchased and made arrangements to have a half-dozen large trees delivered and planted at the ranch. I went to…
New Fencing
Last year I posted a video of our–what is the word I’m looking for–I’ll go with godawful-probably-drunken-idiot neighbor arguing with me regarding the need for…
There Be Race Cars, Part Nine: Dajiban
It’s been a while since the last race car post, as there were no new race cars to detail. But in April of 2023, the…
The Talking Stega
One thing that got put on hold when we bought this place was my VO journey. No that’s not Vehicle Ownership or Versatile Opinions–VO is…
Anyone for a Pic-a-Nic?
Way, way back in 2020 (yes, during the pandemic), I ordered 6 huge fiberglass planters from terracastproducts.com. Four of them replaced the concrete ones dating…
Another Auction Craft
From the very same auction that yielded the bountiful crystal chandelier in the last two posts, I also picked up a bunch of small glass…
Cheap Crystals
Carrying on from the last post–another cool find from a local auction house was an old crystal chandelier. Once I got it home, I promptly…
Random Recent Auction Finds
If you do a site search of the word “auction,” a lot of results turn up. Since buying this place, we have purchased the majority…
Light Restoration
Back in 2019 a storm did quite a bit of damage, including toppling one of the ancient streetlights that sit around the edge of the…
“We Love Paving” Follow Up
An update on the horrific experience with “We Love Paving”.
The Last Remnants.
When the garage was erected in the 1970s, the Doc hung some cabinetry along the south side and back east walls. The build quality by…
Another Trashy Post
We have had a large number of dumpsters brought up here to take away large quantities of garbage. When we first moved in, the dumpsters…
More Chairs
What I didn’t mention in the previous post is that, on that same trip to World Market where I scored the cute chair for the…
In the Trench, Part 3
After the trench was dug and filled back in, we could fill the well tank only by flipping the breaker in the garage to turn…
Stega’s Bay Area Bird Photographers Presentation
Earlier this month I gave an online presentation to the Bay Area Bird Photographers group, covering a huge swath of my travels and resulting nature…
In the Trench, Part 2
Carrying on from the last post, in early 2023 we needed to fix the run between the wellhead and tank. Because we live halfway up…
End of Year (2024) Video
We now interrupt the story of the new well water lines, as we almost forgot to post a link to our annual end of year…
In the Trench, Part 1
Cue the Time Machine music… Way back in December of 2022 we discovered an issue with our well. The float mechanism inside the tank was…