Year in Review
Yesterday I posted a video of which I actually had very little to do with the creation. Photos (the Apple software app) popped up a…
Category: Update
Knobbly Bits
When we had the linen hallway painted, all the cabinet and drawer pulls had to be removed, and when our painters took things apart they…
More Administrative Stuff
Back in September, I posted about an unforeseen necessity of blogging so much about what we do here: keeping things organized. The growing catalog of…
Old Walkthroughs Back Up
When we killed off the iCloud photo stream, some content was misplaced, including the original walkthroughs we made back in September of 2015. I took…
Wall-a-versary
It was just a year ago that we were working feverishly to replace the failed retaining wall built out of railroad ties with something more…
Expanding Our Impact
SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveIllegal dumping is an issue here. A lot of rude people from the flatter areas drive up here late at night to dump their rubbish. The…
Mini-Break
This week there are no big posts scheduled, as it’s been very busy here of late. We’re working hard to write some new posts detailing…
Excavation Fun
When the driveway was repaved and the water main issue happened, we ended up with a large hole behind the garage where the main line…
Let’s not let this happen again…
In March we had some very heavy rains and, as a result, our first roof leak. It was not a fun experience and has made…
Pool Revamp: New Finish
Once all the holes were sealed and the plumbing sorted, we had to wait to finish the resurfacing project, as the company that manufactures the…
Two-Year Update
A day before we closed escrow on Purgatory, we drafted this list of all the things we needed to get done. Here it is updated:…
Random Drone Footage
While cleaning out a folder of saved items that I meant to post here eventually, I found this little video Agent Smith shot with a…
Mornings and Mailboxes
Some mornings we wake up and everything is all foggy. Some mornings we wake up to discover mail thieves have hit the hillside. Our mailbox…
Again with the kitchen sink
A few months after we moved in, I posted about our kitchen sink. We have limited space to its right, so we purchased a small dishrack…
More Storm Damage
Another video of some of the storm damage from this winter. We had sustained winds of 55MPH with gusts of 70MPH.
Winter Storm Damage
Video of the stable roof, which was heavily damaged in the winter storms, is now up on our YouTube channel.
Houseaversary (Bonus Post)
Yesterday was our Houseaversary–the anniversary of first discovering this house. I posted about it here last year and remembered to post on Facebook about it, but…
Very slow changes in the garage
Agent Smith has been working slowly on making the space inside the garage more useful. Since the garage is used regularly for building race cars…
Busy, busy, but nothing to see
It’s been a busy few weeks here and while much work has been done to the website, readers won’t notice it (assuming it has all…
Tony Arrived This Week
Several notes about this video: just after the second cut Agent Smith accidentally ran over one of our neighbor’s dogs. The dog, named Happy, is…
Furnace Filters
We finished up our grand furnace project with two smaller projects last month. The first was ordering new filters that we could put in the air…
Pirate Booty!
As part of the cleanout of the stables, we actually found some useful things. First, a couple of table saws that we pulled out of…
Gate power
(Sorry, no visuals for this post; too frustrated & racing to beat the rain.) Purgatory has a gate–actually a pair of swinging metal gates hung…
The lack of updates
For those wondering why there have been few updates in two weeks, the answer is simple: Stega has been very ill. Writing has resumed, and…
West Wall Videos Up
Here are more videos of the last month’s progress on the wall. In addition to the construction fun, some extra things you will see:-The guys…
Plumbing Problems
When we first took possession of the property, we had the drain pipes in the south/west wing replaced. We now know we really should have…
More Stable Tales: The tack room and office disaster areas.
Continued from the previous two posts: The last two areas of the stables to be cleaned out were the office and old tack room. Both of these, unlike…
Yeah, so that wasn’t very useful…
We killed our Facebook page for PAWDF as it was rather redundant. Either you read the site regularly, you stumble upon it and glance at…
More Stable Tales: More Messes
Continued from the last post: The stables finally got cleaned out thanks to a few laborers and a few dumpsters. While stalls one and two…
More Stable Tales: The Mess Inside
We’ve mentioned on occasion our very large pole barn (pic 1 below) that dates to around 1969, and the amount of junk left in it…
Manic Monday
Continuing from Friday’s post, here are some more images that have been sitting on the server collecting dust and waiting to get posted. 1. First an…