Sunday No images... Not many words... Just a video of a singer-songwriter I've never heard before that caught my ear playing from my music library... https://youtu.be/Shr47LVcA5I She is a favorite of my eldest daughter. Evidently I was given a couple of CDs back in the day and I ripped them…
Tuesday Well, the temperature at 74° is quite pleasant, the humidity at 97% is visible in the air as a haze. I'm letting the grandkids get one last day of summer sleep before I start rousting them out of bed early, they're really going to be sad when they start…
https://youtu.be/9EEntShZ1T4 My wife woke me up early this morning because see smelted something foul and gaseous this morning when she stepped outside. After making sure it was not just a gas escape ay our house, I went online to check with the local Facebook Group... Boy was everyone upset. It…
I was playing a bit this morning...And learning Adobe Premier Elements at the same time...
The number of people moving through the house this past week has higher than at any other time since we began. Stone work, texture, cabinets, trim carpenters, painters, electricians, plumbers, counter-top measurement techs, storage building delivery...It's been almost nonstop. We finished it off with a birthday party on Saturday afternoon...Whew. https://youtu.be/o5Ms6CSARg4 Happy…
This week the inside has begun to look as much like a house as the outside has for a couple of weeks now... Sometime in the next few days the rock will get put on the front. The mud guys will be finishing up on Monday. Then it's time for…
It's been another week of work on the house. The main projects have been plumbing fixes, septic install, and blowing in the wall insulation. Morning coffee on the back porch hasn't been very comfortable due to the heat...But checking out the progress each day has been fun... Today they delivered…
It has been hot, and most of this weeks work has been inside...Wiring, plumbing, HVAC. The exterior siding is now complete, with the exception of a little stone work. Between builders and workers and inspectors and grand-kids...Time is flying.
For most of the past week things seemed to be moving a bit slow, even as progress was made each day...Then suddenly it is really starting to look like a house. Today the roofers are putting on shingles and the cornice crew is doing siding. I really feel sorry for…
Watching the house grow out my back door has been a sight this past week. We went from bare studs standing across the slab to something that only lacks a roof deck to look like a real house. But, after the initial mad dash of construction, it looks like visible…
The framing crew went home early after waiting a couple of hours for the rain to stop. They managed to get about three hours of work done before the rain stopped them though. Here is a quick video... I can only hope they can get more done today...
Want to know what it takes to make it rain in your neighborhood? Start a construction project. My corner of SE Texas has been in a drought for over a year... Longer than many of the surrounding areas. We had almost no measurable rainfall in the first half of 2011.…
There is a house growing in my backyard and I find my attention drawn to the activity for long periods each day. This is how it went in the last week and a half: So if I seem to turn up missing for longer than normal periods of time than…
I just stumbled across this from Lyle's Facebook page...I have to say, the quality of the recordings are mind blowing...If you like Lyle's music, you'll love these...Have a listen. Pantry Natural Forces The Interview
And I'm on the road to being proud again...Ain't that America?
This is not Sword of Truth I was wandering around on Netflix the other day and discovered this series. It was available to view online. Since I was a fan of the original Terry Goodkind books it seemed like a good match for a rainy afternoon of grandfather duty... Boy,…
