In Memoriam: Happy
Our neighbor’s dog Happy, one of our very first friends here, passed away in the summer of 2025. We are less happy without our little Happy.
Tag: Neighbors
New Fencing
A crew re-fences our eastern line to keep the neighbors’ livestock off our land.
Neighbors along the Road
For seven years, a few of us have been trying to get the neighbors to care about our private road.
In Memoriam: Katie
In memoriam: Katie, our neighbor’s sweet dog, who knew how to cook eggs.
Monday’s Fire
A fire at a neighboring property on Monday afternoon, on video.
Re-Fencing
A new 4-foot no-climb fence with an electric stringer to stop the neighbor’s horses from jumping onto our land.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Overgrazing is BAD
Overgrazing is bad: what years of horses did to the land, as seen in Google Earth.
The forgotten story about the new neighbors
New neighbors to the east brought new livestock and fence problems.
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns, Part 2
Living up here, part 2: a neighboring house turned into an AirBnB party venue, and what happened the night of February 21, 2021.
Neighbors, Drainage, AirBnB and Guns, Part 1
Living up here, part 1: a map of the neighbors, and a drainage problem that’s carving a canyon in the hillside.
Neighboring Dog
Our nearest neighbor’s dogs visit every day, and once got collected by an overzealous Animal Control.
More goats
A half-dozen of the neighbor’s goats and sheep jumped onto our land from a manure pile, and rounding them up.
Good Fences
Our new eastern neighbors’ livestock and fence problems, and the new fence that’s finally going in.
More Expanded Impact
No Dumping and Private Road signs go up along our road, a year after the neighborhood cleanup.
Sheep Are Very Annoying
A neighbor’s sheep kept wandering onto our land, all through the pool resurfacing project.
How do you solve a problem like manure?
A neighbor’s dodgy animal pens are spilling onto our property, and getting anyone to deal with it is a saga.
Sounds of Purgatory
Sound carries in the hills, and neighbors’ parties can be pleasant or annoying.
Neighbors up here…
Our neighbors’ horses escaped onto our property, and the rider who came to fetch them left a present on our driveway.