Archive: Update

November 14, 2022 : Plants in the Ground
November 6, 2019 : We Are Moved
September 16, 2017 : Pillows Galore
September 1, 2017 : Exterior Update
August 16, 2017 : More Progress on the Exterior
August 5, 2017 : The Slow End
July 29, 2017 : Medallions
July 28, 2017 : Colour Samples
July 20, 2017 : I'm a Handrail
July 2, 2017 : Lots of Details
June 18, 2017 : Even Plumbers Don't Work on Father's Day
June 17, 2017 : Finish Plumbing
June 16, 2017 : A Visual Guide to the Balusters
June 10, 2017 : More Handrail
June 6, 2017 : Adventures on the Facade
June 5, 2017 : More About the Kitchen Tile
June 4, 2017 : Stair Progress
June 2, 2017 : One Quick Update
May 7, 2017 : Climbing the Stairs
May 4, 2017 : Catch-Up
April 17, 2017 : More Spooky Cabinet Photos
April 13, 2017 : Restoration Work
April 9, 2017 : Rearranging the Deck Chairs
April 4, 2017 : Scary Cabinetry Photos
April 2, 2017 : Bits and Pieces
March 31, 2017 : Even More Floors
March 26, 2017 : More Floors
March 4, 2017 : Three New Things
March 2, 2017 : Revelations
February 26, 2017 : First Cabinets
February 25, 2017 : Building Codes are for Children
February 23, 2017 : Prefloors
January 14, 2017 : Progress
December 30, 2016 : Fabric and Window Coverings
December 28, 2016 : More More Drywall
December 26, 2016 : More Drywall
December 23, 2016 : That Was a Week
December 22, 2016 : And Then There Were Walls
December 20, 2016 : Roof Update
December 14, 2016 : Snug as a Bug in a Rug
December 9, 2016 : Rainy Rain
December 3, 2016 : Houston We Have Roofers
December 1, 2016 : Everybody's Had a Bad Year
November 15, 2016 : A Good Girl
November 13, 2016 : Pause for Illness
October 30, 2016 : Weekly Update Time
October 26, 2016 : Extra Sprinkles
October 24, 2016 : Plywood in the Attic
October 18, 2016 : Getting Ready for Doors
October 17, 2016 : Weekend Exploits
October 15, 2016 : Much Ado About Tile
October 3, 2016 : Odds and Ends
October 2, 2016 : Air Conditioning
October 1, 2016 : Excitement Afoot
September 29, 2016 : Redone in Copper
September 23, 2016 : Roof Acccess
September 22, 2016 : Fun With Stone
September 21, 2016 : We've Been Here Before
September 18, 2016 : Another Quick Update
September 17, 2016 : Whole House Lighting
September 15, 2016 : End of the Rough
September 14, 2016 : Come Walk Through the Kitchen
September 10, 2016 : Opening Restrictors
September 2, 2016 : Things are Happening
August 31, 2016 : Goodbye Old Roof
August 30, 2016 : The Front Hall Skylight
August 28, 2016 : The Windows are the Eyes of the Soul
August 7, 2016 : Tomatoes and Windows
August 1, 2016 : Stair Tower
July 24, 2016 : The Attic
July 18, 2016 : Sheathing Begins
July 17, 2016 : A Roof
July 11, 2016 : Getting Some Stairs
July 4, 2016 : Roll-In Shower Framing
July 1, 2016 : Taking Shape
June 28, 2016 : A Second Floor
June 27, 2016 : Temporary Irrigation
June 23, 2016 : Dining Room Walls
June 22, 2016 : Framing and Shoring
June 20, 2016 : Quick Update
June 16, 2016 : Framing Begins
June 14, 2016 : Panorama
June 9, 2016 : A Brief Interlude
June 8, 2016 : More Demolition
June 6, 2016 : Yet More Demolition
June 6, 2016 : Design Refresher
June 5, 2016 : The End of an Era
May 31, 2016 : Up on the Rooftop
May 27, 2016 : The Ghost of Foundations Past
May 26, 2016 : Concrete!
May 25, 2016 : Fewer Ceilings
May 23, 2016 : Formwork
May 22, 2016 : Rebarred Up
May 18, 2016 : Waters Rise
May 9, 2016 : Digging Away
May 5, 2016 : More Demo
May 4, 2016 : There's a Hole in the Bucket
May 1, 2016 : Bowie, Prince, Carole
April 3, 2016 : Some Before Photos
March 6, 2016 : A Storm and Some Tile
February 21, 2016 : Floor Archaeology
January 17, 2016 : Panic at the Kitchen
October 29, 2015 : Alive
September 27, 2015 : Moving Sucks
September 3, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen: Upper Cabinets
August 26, 2015 : Tomato Week
August 20, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen: Getting Cabinets Right
August 17, 2015 : Forward and Back
August 13, 2015 : How to Design a Kitchen: A Lengthy Rant About Cabinets
August 2, 2015 : Number Two
July 26, 2015 : Blocking
July 19, 2015 : Ducting
July 15, 2015 : Monthly Update
June 14, 2015 : Fixed Thermostat
June 7, 2015 : Through the Roof
May 26, 2015 : Supply Line
May 24, 2015 : Modern Electrical
May 17, 2015 : Stairs for the Stairs
May 16, 2015 : Week in Review
May 10, 2015 : Making the Closet
May 9, 2015 : Catching Up
April 11, 2015 : CRASH
April 5, 2015 : Slow Blog Weeks
March 22, 2015 : Some Chicken Yard Fun
March 15, 2015 : Getting on the Wagon
March 1, 2015 : Evicting Our Tenants
February 21, 2015 : Moving and Planting Trees
February 7, 2015 : Chipping Weekend
January 24, 2015 : Closet Drywall
January 23, 2015 : Saving Money on a Remodel
January 15, 2015 : Links: Bathroom Design
January 13, 2015 : Design Notes: Bathroom Design
January 11, 2015 : Links: Kitchen Design
January 10, 2015 : Design Notes: Kitchen Design
January 8, 2015 : A Little Adventure
January 6, 2015 : Decluttering and Downsizing
January 4, 2015 : Questions about the Renovation
January 3, 2015 : Some Plans
January 1, 2015 : The Next Big Thing
December 30, 2014 : The Ten Year Plan: Year Eleven
December 14, 2014 : Some Drywall
December 11, 2014 : A Pass
December 7, 2014 : Control-Z Control-Z Control-Z Control-Z
December 6, 2014 : Brief Update
November 30, 2014 : Closing in on the Drains
November 23, 2014 : Up the Stairs Into the Attic, Up the Stairs Onto the Roof
November 17, 2014 : Preslope
November 17, 2014 : No Floor, and a Floor (and More)
November 12, 2014 : Tight Spaces
November 8, 2014 : Odds and Ends
November 6, 2014 : Papering the Side Porch
November 2, 2014 : Drains in a Wall
October 29, 2014 : A Whole Floor
October 28, 2014 : Increasing Slope
October 27, 2014 : A New Floor
October 26, 2014 : Finishing Up the Deck
October 18, 2014 : To Have a Side Porch
October 13, 2014 : Let There Be (More) Light
October 12, 2014 : An End in Sight
October 11, 2014 : More Siding, More Priming
October 10, 2014 : A Little Update
October 9, 2014 : Typical Flashing
October 8, 2014 : A Little More
October 7, 2014 : Around the Bay
October 6, 2014 : Another Wall
October 5, 2014 : One Wall
October 4, 2014 : The First Siding
September 29, 2014 : Inspection: Passed!
September 21, 2014 : The Paper is Done
September 20, 2014 : Some Plywood
September 17, 2014 : Winter is Coming
September 15, 2014 : Under the Deck with Building Paper
September 14, 2014 : More Building Paper
September 13, 2014 : Building Paper Started
September 10, 2014 : Spiders and Chickens and Nails, Oh My
September 7, 2014 : All Primed
September 6, 2014 : Priming the Siding
September 1, 2014 : The Start of the Upstairs Drains
August 31, 2014 : All of a Wall
August 30, 2014 : Half a Wall
August 29, 2014 : Siding Party
August 23, 2014 : Framing for the Toilet, Part I
August 19, 2014 : Paneling the Subpanel
August 18, 2014 : One Meeellion Dollars
August 17, 2014 : Framing Prep
August 16, 2014 : Re-Plumbing
July 21, 2014 : Second Door
July 14, 2014 : Like-New Door
July 13, 2014 : Closet Mania
June 29, 2014 : Subtle Progress
June 8, 2014 : Two Valves
June 2, 2014 : Touristing
May 24, 2014 : More Light in the Hall
May 3, 2014 : There's a Light
April 27, 2014 : The High Price of Modernism
April 20, 2014 : Little Victories
April 19, 2014 : Fishing
April 13, 2014 : Reboxing
April 8, 2014 : Garden Report: April 8
April 6, 2014 : Unboxing the Electrical Service
March 31, 2014 : More Conduit
March 30, 2014 : Another Company to Avoid: PlumbersStock.com
March 29, 2014 : First Conduit
March 23, 2014 : Upstairs Downstairs
March 22, 2014 : Hallway Panels
March 16, 2014 : More Upstairs Wiring
March 15, 2014 : Brought to You by Autofocus
March 9, 2014 : Some Light Wiring
March 8, 2014 : Water Supply Takeoff
March 2, 2014 : Garden Report: March 2
February 24, 2014 : Prime Time Gluing
February 23, 2014 : Angry Bees
February 9, 2014 : Downstairs Venting
January 25, 2014 : It's Dark in the Basement
January 19, 2014 : Framing and Plumbing
January 18, 2014 : Framing Fiddling
January 5, 2014 : Drains and Vents
January 4, 2014 : Blocking and Blockages
January 1, 2014 : The Ten Year Plan: Year Ten
December 22, 2013 : Guilty!
December 15, 2013 : Frozen
December 1, 2013 : Insulation in the Hallway
November 17, 2013 : More Framing
November 11, 2013 : Refreshing the Terrariums
November 9, 2013 : Return of the Air Return
November 3, 2013 : A Little More Framing
October 26, 2013 : Heating Season is Upon Us
October 24, 2013 : Everybody Stand Clear!
October 21, 2013 : Garden Report: October 21
October 20, 2013 : Dumb Plumbers
October 18, 2013 : Goodbye, Goldie
October 14, 2013 : Nothing is Straight
October 6, 2013 : Slow News Day
October 5, 2013 : Post Post Post
September 29, 2013 : A Whole Ceiling
September 28, 2013 : Half a Ceiling
September 24, 2013 : A Little Housekeeping
September 22, 2013 : Surface Preparation
September 15, 2013 : Framing Plan
September 14, 2013 : A Little Light Demolition Music
September 7, 2013 : Cutting a Strip off the Floor
August 26, 2013 : Angry Spiders
August 17, 2013 : Sealing
August 11, 2013 : Taping up a Rug
August 10, 2013 : Ruffled Feathers
August 8, 2013 : Sauce Week, Part Two
August 4, 2013 : Deck Prep
August 3, 2013 : Garden Report: August 3
July 29, 2013 : Sauce Week
July 7, 2013 : Doors Framed and Plugged
June 16, 2013 : A Little Painting
June 6, 2013 : A New Rug in Town
May 26, 2013 : Wall Layers and Floor Plugs
May 18, 2013 : Small Progress
May 12, 2013 : Garden Report: May 12
May 11, 2013 : Baby Bees
May 9, 2013 : A Brief Midweek Update
May 5, 2013 : Victorian Wooden Houses in Turkey
May 1, 2013 : Garden Report: May 1
April 28, 2013 : Ceiling by the Inch
April 27, 2013 : Travel and Cancer and Bees and So On
April 21, 2013 : Crimes Against Victorians, San Francisco Edition
April 1, 2013 : Garden Report: April 1
March 30, 2013 : Put the Box into the Room
March 24, 2013 : Adjustments Plus Garden Report: March 24
March 16, 2013 : Garden Report: March 16
March 10, 2013 : Irrigation Controller, Version Umpty
March 3, 2013 : Garden Report: March 3
March 2, 2013 : Many Tries at a Railing
February 23, 2013 : Making the Bed
February 3, 2013 : A Dog and a Catalog
February 2, 2013 : Chipping and Shredding
January 28, 2013 : Garden Report: January 28
January 23, 2013 : Garden Report: January 23
January 21, 2013 : Truckloads
January 6, 2013 : 2012 in Review: The Big Bathroom Project
January 3, 2013 : Ten Year Plan: Year Nine
January 1, 2013 : New Year, New Thing
December 16, 2012 : The Two Parlours
December 15, 2012 : Pas de Deux
December 1, 2012 : Ceci N'est Pas Une Pipe
November 24, 2012 : Stupid Scaffolding Tricks
November 23, 2012 : Back on the Scaffold
November 19, 2012 : How Many Geeks Does it Take to Buy a Recessed Light Fixture?
November 11, 2012 : Change of Season
November 7, 2012 : Stockpiles
November 4, 2012 : Garden Report: November 4
October 28, 2012 : A Weekend Miscellany
October 27, 2012 : Scrubbing the Ceiling
October 26, 2012 : We Need More Scaffolding
October 22, 2012 : More Wall Washing
October 21, 2012 : Five Projects
October 19, 2012 : Stairs in the Hole
October 14, 2012 : Framing for Attic Stairs
October 13, 2012 : Less a Door
October 11, 2012 : Project Planning
October 10, 2012 : Cat on a Ladder
October 7, 2012 : Door and Transom
October 6, 2012 : Beating Traffic
September 30, 2012 : Gardeners: A Horror Story
September 23, 2012 : Two Rakes
September 22, 2012 : One Rake
September 15, 2012 : Straight and Narrow
September 8, 2012 : Derailing and Railing
September 3, 2012 : Deck Party
September 1, 2012 : New Piano
August 31, 2012 : Posting About Posts
August 29, 2012 : Posting
August 26, 2012 : A Ton of Dirt
August 23, 2012 : Making the World a Less Pink Place
August 19, 2012 : Nothing Doing
August 13, 2012 : Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
August 12, 2012 : Final Touches
August 6, 2012 : Home Stretch
August 5, 2012 : Tile Takeoffs
July 22, 2012 : Attacking the Accordion Room
July 21, 2012 : Five People in a Closet
July 20, 2012 : Before the Storm
July 7, 2012 : End Trimming
July 1, 2012 : Stair Sides
June 29, 2012 : More Sides to the Deck
June 27, 2012 : Come Take Down Our Walls
June 25, 2012 : My Compost Empire
June 24, 2012 : Chicken Drama
June 23, 2012 : Chicken Door Repairs
June 17, 2012 : Untangling
June 16, 2012 : Side Work
June 11, 2012 : Garden Report: June 11
June 9, 2012 : Major Upheaval in Hive A
June 6, 2012 : Cut Away Everything That Isn't a Deck
June 3, 2012 : Reconfiguring the Irrigation
May 31, 2012 : Garden Report: May 31
May 29, 2012 : Laundry Room Makeover
May 28, 2012 : Lower Steps (Mostly)
May 27, 2012 : Top Step
May 26, 2012 : A Deck Miscellany
May 25, 2012 : First Finish Tests
May 23, 2012 : The Magic of Tools
May 20, 2012 : Garden Report: May 20
May 19, 2012 : Protostairs
May 16, 2012 : A Little Piece of Our Hearts
May 14, 2012 : Plugging Away
May 13, 2012 : Three Little Stringers
May 12, 2012 : Upper Stairs
May 10, 2012 : Five Little Stringers
May 9, 2012 : One Surface
May 6, 2012 : Flighty Chickens and Angry Bees
May 4, 2012 : Garden Report: May 4
May 2, 2012 : A Brief Deck Update
April 30, 2012 : More Boards
April 29, 2012 : The First Eight Boards
April 27, 2012 : Waxy
April 26, 2012 : Step One
April 26, 2012 : A Window at Long Last
April 23, 2012 : Moving House
April 22, 2012 : A Step and Half a Step
April 21, 2012 : Six Pounds of Bees
April 18, 2012 : Black-Dyed Mulch
April 15, 2012 : In the Garden with a Sore Back
April 14, 2012 : Blocking
April 13, 2012 : Garden Report: April 13
April 11, 2012 : Chicken Stoop
April 9, 2012 : Building a Raft: Part Three
April 8, 2012 : Building a Raft: Part Two
April 7, 2012 : Building a Raft: Part One
April 5, 2012 : Garden Report: April 5
April 2, 2012 : Washing the Ceiling
April 1, 2012 : Browner and Browner
March 31, 2012 : Final Stripping on the Door
March 30, 2012 : Gardened Up
March 29, 2012 : Curly Trim Bits
March 28, 2012 : Gardeners! Soil!
March 26, 2012 : Garden Report: March 26
March 25, 2012 : Paint Removal, Wall and Trim
March 23, 2012 : Heavy Timber
March 22, 2012 : More Depinking
March 21, 2012 : Three Chicks
March 20, 2012 : A Gardener at Last
March 19, 2012 : Yellow Door
March 18, 2012 : A Little Pinkless
March 12, 2012 : Garden Report: March 12
March 11, 2012 : Get Ready for Beams
March 10, 2012 : Under the Setting Sun
March 4, 2012 : Wall Washing Wonderland
February 25, 2012 : Early Spring
February 21, 2012 : Not Quite a New Window
January 31, 2012 : Medieval Literature for Cats
January 29, 2012 : Experimenting with the Paint Sprayer
January 28, 2012 : A Dozen Doors
January 28, 2012 : Garden Report: January 28
January 23, 2012 : In Which We Tear a Big Hole in the Kitchen Wall
January 16, 2012 : Lots of Lighting
January 8, 2012 : The Hidden Carpet
December 27, 2011 : More Trees
December 18, 2011 : A Little Trim
December 17, 2011 : Pretty Purple Boxes
December 12, 2011 : Closed Eaves
December 8, 2011 : Home Sweet Home
November 30, 2011 : Garden Report: November 30
November 20, 2011 : Garden Report: November 20
November 19, 2011 : More Fun With Our Neighbors' House
November 19, 2011 : It's Just a Patch to the Roof
November 12, 2011 : Boxed In
November 3, 2011 : Moving Scaffolding
October 31, 2011 : Happy Halloween
October 30, 2011 : Around the House
October 29, 2011 : All Hands on Deck
October 23, 2011 : Fussing with the Soffits
October 22, 2011 : Scaffolding Comes Down, Scaffolding Goes Up
October 20, 2011 : Bricked Up
October 8, 2011 : Tilt-a-Tree
October 7, 2011 : Garden Report: October 7
October 5, 2011 : Tearing up the Paths
October 3, 2011 : Garden Report: October 3
October 2, 2011 : Garden Report: October 2
October 1, 2011 : Thy Neighbor's House
September 25, 2011 : Garden Report: September 25
September 24, 2011 : Garden Report: September 24
September 20, 2011 : Stairs, Painted
September 16, 2011 : Step Lightly
September 14, 2011 : Killing Spree
September 4, 2011 : Hell Strip Revisited
September 3, 2011 : We Finished Something!
August 28, 2011 : Up on the Rooftop
August 20, 2011 : Weekend Project Time
August 15, 2011 : Chicken Training
August 13, 2011 : This Looked Easier in My Sketchbook
August 10, 2011 : Plywood and Death
July 15, 2011 : Continued Stripping
July 10, 2011 : Ripping and Stripping
July 3, 2011 : Avocado Madness
June 5, 2011 : Backfill
June 4, 2011 : I Call It a Wall
June 3, 2011 : In Place
June 2, 2011 : Final Formwork
May 30, 2011 : Fighting Form
May 29, 2011 : In Good Form
May 21, 2011 : Formalities
May 15, 2011 : Garden Report: May 15
May 7, 2011 : Puts Wind in Your Formwork
May 1, 2011 : Gluing Lifestyle
April 23, 2011 : Formwork, the Saga Continues
April 17, 2011 : Formwork, Part Two
April 16, 2011 : Formwork, Part One
April 15, 2011 : Garden Report: April 15
April 8, 2011 : Work Crew
April 2, 2011 : Another Goodbye
March 30, 2011 : Farewell My Quince
March 26, 2011 : Garden Report: March 26
March 20, 2011 : Garden Report: March 20
March 7, 2011 : Good Omens
March 6, 2011 : Barred and Ready
March 4, 2011 : Garden Report: March 4
March 3, 2011 : Two-Thirds Done
March 1, 2011 : Wall Bones
February 27, 2011 : At Least It's Level
February 25, 2011 : Let There Be Drainage
February 23, 2011 : Officially Trenchlike
February 22, 2011 : The Weather Was Kind
February 13, 2011 : Garden Report: February 13
February 11, 2011 : The Weather Will Ruin This
February 10, 2011 : With Measurements and Everything
February 9, 2011 : Looking Like a Trench
February 9, 2011 : The Kind of Conversation We Have Often
February 7, 2011 : Short Retaining Walls
February 6, 2011 : Supershred Weekend
January 29, 2011 : A Hedge of Mythical Proportions
January 28, 2011 : Garden Report: January 28
January 23, 2011 : Overextending Ourselves
January 14, 2011 : I Only Have Eyes for Glue
January 12, 2011 : Glue and I
January 6, 2011 : Out With the Tank, In With the Tank
January 5, 2011 : A Brief Interlude (Planting Trees)
January 4, 2011 : Draining the Beast
October 31, 2010 : Happy Halloween
October 17, 2010 : Fancy Pots
October 16, 2010 : Slapped-Together Shelves
September 16, 2010 : Nobody's Perfect (and Neither is Our Bedroom)
September 15, 2010 : Colour Testing Drive-By
September 15, 2010 : Late Night Primer Party
September 14, 2010 : Smarty Pants
September 13, 2010 : Doorlips
September 12, 2010 : Nearly-Bare Wood
September 6, 2010 : House Beautification Project
August 22, 2010 : Behind Closed Doors
August 18, 2010 : Pantry Doorway
August 17, 2010 : Mastication
August 16, 2010 : Stuff Shuffle
July 30, 2010 : More Tools Needed
July 27, 2010 : Neighbors to the Rescue
July 25, 2010 : Pergolatory
July 4, 2010 : Holiday Weekend
June 14, 2010 : The Boy Room
June 11, 2010 : We're Not Dead
May 29, 2010 : Making a Template
May 24, 2010 : Garden Report: May 24
May 23, 2010 : West Side Story
May 23, 2010 : Building a Pergola
May 15, 2010 : Widened Path
May 13, 2010 : Raspberries
May 9, 2010 : Saturday Bits
May 2, 2010 : Widening the Path
May 1, 2010 : Garden Report: May 1
April 21, 2010 : Third Party Ratings Services: Worse Than Useless
April 19, 2010 : The Scam - Part Three
April 18, 2010 : More Roof Fun
April 18, 2010 : Before and After
April 16, 2010 : Day of Rest
April 15, 2010 : The Scam - Part Two
April 14, 2010 : The Scam - Part One
April 12, 2010 : The Last Five Years
April 7, 2010 : Garden Report: April 7
March 4, 2010 : Raining Cats and Dogs
February 27, 2010 : Garden Report: February 27
February 23, 2010 : We Missed Our Pile
February 7, 2010 : Garden Report: February 7
January 27, 2010 : Garden Report: January 27
January 20, 2010 : Makeshift Scaffolding of All Sorts
January 18, 2010 : The Last of the Wallpaper
January 11, 2010 : Breaking it Down
December 29, 2009 : Let There be Light
December 26, 2009 : Happy Christmas
December 24, 2009 : We Call It a Room
December 24, 2009 : Watching Paint Dry
December 23, 2009 : Look! White Walls!
December 22, 2009 : Nothing Like a Dinner Party to Motivate You
December 20, 2009 : Three Squares
December 15, 2009 : Sea of Garbage
December 2, 2009 : Shipshape and Watertight
November 30, 2009 : Fun on the Roof
November 30, 2009 : Fun on a Ladder
November 8, 2009 : Walls Once Again
November 5, 2009 : The Smallest Changes
October 27, 2009 : Out of the Ceiling
October 24, 2009 : Ceiling Fall Down Go Boom
October 20, 2009 : Flash and Goop
October 18, 2009 : Battening the Hatches
October 17, 2009 : Refashioning the Front Path
September 28, 2009 : More Mission Victoriana
September 19, 2009 : Not Netting
September 14, 2009 : Towards a More Permanent Roof
September 13, 2009 : Rain Delay
September 7, 2009 : The Potting Bench
August 27, 2009 : Garden Report: August 27
August 20, 2009 : I'm Covered in Ants
August 15, 2009 : No Single-Use Tools
August 10, 2009 : Minor Remodel
July 23, 2009 : Garden Report: July 23
July 6, 2009 : Garden Report: July 6
June 23, 2009 : Booooooring
June 3, 2009 : Garden Report: June 3
May 30, 2009 : Anti-Dog Missile Defense System
May 24, 2009 : Garden Report: May 24
May 20, 2009 : Working Chicken Door!
May 17, 2009 : Water to the Shed
May 16, 2009 : Peeling Away
May 13, 2009 : Excuses, Excuses
May 8, 2009 : Garden Report: May 7
May 7, 2009 : Diggy Diggy Dig
May 5, 2009 : Our Lives Are Full of Scraping
April 27, 2009 : Automatic for the Chickens
April 24, 2009 : Garden Report: April 24
April 18, 2009 : Garden Report: April 18
April 17, 2009 : Garden Report: April 17
April 14, 2009 : Stuff From Our Ceiling
April 12, 2009 : Simple Gifts
April 8, 2009 : Bye-Bye Dumpster
April 7, 2009 : Garden Report: April 7
April 6, 2009 : A Little Light Carpentry
April 5, 2009 : While You Were Out
April 4, 2009 : Working Boy
April 3, 2009 : Random Junk
April 2, 2009 : The Legible House
April 1, 2009 : Misuse of Household Appliances
March 31, 2009 : Garden Report: March 31
March 29, 2009 : It's Dark in Here
March 28, 2009 : Hard Day's Work
March 27, 2009 : Another Start
March 25, 2009 : In Which We Move the Piano, Again
March 25, 2009 : Fancy Paint
March 24, 2009 : More Pink!
March 24, 2009 : Testing Colours
March 23, 2009 : Priming
March 22, 2009 : Home Stretch
March 21, 2009 : Second Coat
March 17, 2009 : Garden Report: March 17
March 16, 2009 : Mudding in the Ceiling of the Bay
March 15, 2009 : Et Tu, Drywall?
March 11, 2009 : Garden Report: March 11
March 10, 2009 : Going Back to Go Forward
March 7, 2009 : A Dusting of White
February 28, 2009 : Garden Report: February 28
February 10, 2009 : Containment
February 8, 2009 : Garden Quandries
February 7, 2009 : Garden Report: February 7
February 2, 2009 : Mountain of Mulch
January 30, 2009 : Garden Report: January 30
January 27, 2009 : Monday Night Fever
January 25, 2009 : Garden Report: January 25
January 20, 2009 : Bottom Shelf
January 19, 2009 : Like Water for Chickens
January 18, 2009 : Garden Report: January 18
January 11, 2009 : Garden Report: January 11
January 5, 2009 : Shed Plus Another Italianate
January 3, 2009 : Cleaning the Shed
January 3, 2009 : Why We Caulk
December 21, 2008 : Threshold Floored
December 19, 2008 : Garden Report: December 19
December 18, 2008 : Sloppy People
December 12, 2008 : Next on Deck
December 6, 2008 : Garden Report: December 6
December 3, 2008 : And Now With Shelves
November 30, 2008 : Pantry at Last!
November 29, 2008 : Pantry Paint
November 23, 2008 : First Step to the Auto-Door
November 15, 2008 : Garden Report: November 15
November 9, 2008 : Garden Report: November 9
November 9, 2008 : A Hole in the Ground
November 8, 2008 : Mending the Roof
November 3, 2008 : Garden Report: November 3
November 2, 2008 : Windows and a Personal Gym
October 14, 2008 : Garden Report: October 14
October 12, 2008 : Up on the Roof
October 4, 2008 : Garden Report: October 4
October 4, 2008 : When the Rain Comes
September 28, 2008 : Cast of Thousands
September 21, 2008 : Repainting the Stairs
September 21, 2008 : Neat and Trim
September 20, 2008 : Round and Round
September 14, 2008 : In Which We Get Little Accomplished
September 13, 2008 : More Shrubbery
August 24, 2008 : A Day of Fewer Projects
August 23, 2008 : A Day of Many Projects
August 20, 2008 : Garden Report: August 20
August 17, 2008 : Some Minor Improvements
August 15, 2008 : Garden Report: August 15
August 9, 2008 : Just Another Busy Weekend Day
August 4, 2008 : Garden Report: August 4
August 3, 2008 : Wild and Wally Weekend
August 2, 2008 : Greetings from the Past
July 30, 2008 : Fun in the Ceiling
July 28, 2008 : Garden Report: July 28
July 27, 2008 : Third Time's the Charm
July 26, 2008 : Long Day, Big Mess
July 20, 2008 : Garden Report: July 20
July 17, 2008 : Power in the Hole
July 15, 2008 : Garden Report: July 15
July 13, 2008 : The Pantry Floor
July 12, 2008 : Adding a Room
July 10, 2008 : Garden Report: July 10
July 6, 2008 : Moving Stuff
June 29, 2008 : Shingling
June 28, 2008 : Raising the Roof
June 21, 2008 : Behind Door #1
June 21, 2008 : Two Door Shed With Sunroof
June 16, 2008 : Half a Day of Work
June 15, 2008 : Scaling Factors
June 15, 2008 : Four Minor Burns and a Vibrational Injury Later
June 8, 2008 : A Room for the Chickens
June 7, 2008 : Chicken House Framing
June 1, 2008 : Garden Report: June 1
May 18, 2008 : Garden Report: May 18
May 17, 2008 : Prefab Modern for the Barnyard Animal
May 13, 2008 : Good Timing
May 10, 2008 : Five Hours of Non-Stop Fun
May 9, 2008 : We're Getting Awfully Good at Foundations
May 7, 2008 : Garden Report: May 7
May 5, 2008 : Garden Report: Fruit in the Trees
May 4, 2008 : Planting and Repotting
May 4, 2008 : Rest Week
April 26, 2008 : A Dog, a Butterfly, and a Fence
April 20, 2008 : Meeting Our Goals Halfway
April 19, 2008 : Inefficient Assembly Line
April 18, 2008 : If I Had a Stapler
April 15, 2008 : Garden Report: April 15
April 13, 2008 : It Was Very Hot Today
April 12, 2008 : And on to the Chicken Yard
April 12, 2008 : A Post About Posts
April 11, 2008 : Fencing
April 7, 2008 : A Very Sticky Situation
April 5, 2008 : And Now the Floor
April 3, 2008 : Garden Report: April 3
April 2, 2008 : Chicken Movies
April 2, 2008 : More Chickens
April 1, 2008 : The Life of a Chicken
March 29, 2008 : Chicken Day
March 26, 2008 : Garden Report: March 26
March 26, 2008 : Unwhitening, Part Two: Now! With Asbestos!
March 24, 2008 : Hacking at the Garden
March 22, 2008 : Total Water Recycling
March 22, 2008 : Stuff in My Tank
March 21, 2008 : Fun with Carcinogens
March 21, 2008 : Stuff on My Tank
March 21, 2008 : Garden Report: March 21
March 20, 2008 : Unwhitening, Part One
March 20, 2008 : Plumbing in the Tank
March 18, 2008 : Whitening the Whiteness
March 17, 2008 : Spring in Deed if not in Fact
March 14, 2008 : Let Me Show You My Figs
March 12, 2008 : Whiteness
March 11, 2008 : A Few New Plants
March 11, 2008 : What Was Dead is Alive Again
March 9, 2008 : Lots of Bad Joke Potential
March 8, 2008 : Highway to Compost
March 7, 2008 : Sinking the Tank
March 5, 2008 : Magnificent Magnolia
March 2, 2008 : Lawnmower Man
March 2, 2008 : Just a Little Hole in the Wall
March 1, 2008 : Making it Stick
February 28, 2008 : Endless Seas of Green
February 26, 2008 : Buds of Springtime
February 25, 2008 : On the Level
February 24, 2008 : The Sands of the Accordion Room
February 16, 2008 : Off-Season Flowers
February 15, 2008 : Grafting and Weeding
February 11, 2008 : Starting Seeds
February 10, 2008 : Take a Trip Outdoors
February 2, 2008 : Progress on the Paint
January 28, 2008 : A New Kind of Scraping
January 27, 2008 : The End of Plaster Work
January 26, 2008 : Figs and Chickens
January 15, 2008 : Four More Apples
January 14, 2008 : Digging More Holes
January 13, 2008 : All Washed Up
January 8, 2008 : Washing Continues
January 7, 2008 : Sympathy Flooding
January 5, 2008 : Tilting at Fences
December 17, 2007 : A Treatise on Wallpaper Removal
December 16, 2007 : And Now for More Scraping
December 14, 2007 : Some Weird Stuff and Progress
December 14, 2007 : Panels Down
December 11, 2007 : Graduation Present
December 5, 2007 : Another Epic Project
November 19, 2007 : I'm Going to Need a Machete
October 30, 2007 : I'm a Big Fan of Overengineering
October 21, 2007 : A Brief Update
September 24, 2007 : Fall is the Season for Harvest
September 13, 2007 : Deep Taproots
August 20, 2007 : Boring House Work
August 9, 2007 : Attack of the Killer Tomato (Plants)
August 3, 2007 : Water, Water, Everywhere
July 29, 2007 : We Are In Control
July 22, 2007 : Bursting With Produce
July 20, 2007 : Quality Testing
July 15, 2007 : Surprise!
July 8, 2007 : Giddy for Tomatoes
July 8, 2007 : Piping to the Fern Walk
July 3, 2007 : Eating from the Garden
June 24, 2007 : Finishing the Basement Manifold
June 22, 2007 : Stalled
June 21, 2007 : Official Summer Plants
June 20, 2007 : Sprinkling!
June 18, 2007 : Water in the Orchard
June 10, 2007 : The Last Trench
June 9, 2007 : Piping the Gardens Wild
May 27, 2007 : Irrigation Work and Some Plants
May 12, 2007 : I Sense a Theme in This Garden
May 4, 2007 : Instead of Weeding
April 29, 2007 : More Fruit
April 22, 2007 : Clean and Dirty
April 21, 2007 : Roses, Fruit, and Trees
April 19, 2007 : Lots of Planting in Store
April 9, 2007 : In the Pink(s)
April 8, 2007 : All the Stuff Noel Did
April 8, 2007 : Rose Explosion Predicted
April 1, 2007 : Work of a Weekend
March 29, 2007 : What It's Like to Live in a Renovation Project
March 26, 2007 : In Bloom in the Garden
March 26, 2007 : Some Weekend Projects
March 24, 2007 : Peace and Quiet
March 22, 2007 : Seeds, Blooms, and the Garden Show
March 14, 2007 : Welcome Wagon
March 13, 2007 : Pink Flowers and Burnt Weeds
March 12, 2007 : What I Do for My Garden
March 6, 2007 : Temperate Climates Kick Butt
March 4, 2007 : Now You're Weeding With Fire
February 27, 2007 : Yo-Ho-Ho and a Pile of Poo
February 26, 2007 : Scorched Earth Policy
February 16, 2007 : Cold Frame
February 12, 2007 : Springing
February 11, 2007 : Weeds and Compost
January 21, 2007 : Sort of Like Cleaning House
January 15, 2007 : Honestly, We Like Digging
January 15, 2007 : Hard Frost
January 8, 2007 : January in California
December 12, 2006 : Catching the Rain
December 9, 2006 : A Handful of Chores
December 4, 2006 : How to Cure a Hangover
December 3, 2006 : How We Take a Day Off
December 2, 2006 : 85 Sacks
November 26, 2006 : Rain and Drains
November 25, 2006 : Dobies and Mesh
November 24, 2006 : Boards and Battens
November 18, 2006 : Sticks and String
November 12, 2006 : In Which Life Gets the Better of Us
November 5, 2006 : Weeding in the Lavender
October 30, 2006 : Posts That Didn't Make It
October 27, 2006 : Strawberries in November
October 22, 2006 : If It Looks Like a Duct and Quacks Like a Duct...
October 21, 2006 : How I Spent My Day
October 21, 2006 : More Fall Planting
October 15, 2006 : Let There be Warmth
October 13, 2006 : Gone Fishing
October 10, 2006 : Ricocheting Around the Back Yard
October 7, 2006 : Digging Blah Blah Plumbing Blah
October 5, 2006 : First Rain, and Dead Grass
September 24, 2006 : Some Notes on Trench Safety
September 23, 2006 : Some Assembly Required
September 21, 2006 : First Fruit
September 21, 2006 : The Theme for This Summer is: Digging
September 20, 2006 : Rearranging the Shrubbery
September 19, 2006 : Moving House
September 19, 2006 : Finished!
September 18, 2006 : Three More Blocks
September 17, 2006 : Only Moderately Obsessed
September 17, 2006 : Looking More Polished
September 16, 2006 : Fussing and Digging
September 14, 2006 : A Foundation for the Shed
September 13, 2006 : I am Definitely NOT Cut Out to be a Digger
September 12, 2006 : Guess What? And Also a Shed
September 11, 2006 : Sore
September 10, 2006 : More Moving, More Digging
September 10, 2006 : Big Pot of Succulents
September 9, 2006 : A Fountain in the Garden
September 8, 2006 : Hummingbirds at the Feeders
September 7, 2006 : First of the Fall Plants
September 7, 2006 : Rose Report
September 6, 2006 : Digging More of the Hole
September 6, 2006 : Fall Seed Starting
September 5, 2006 : Free Stuff
September 4, 2006 : Digging a Hole
September 4, 2006 : More Wiring
August 31, 2006 : The Great Tidy
August 30, 2006 : More Moving Around
August 26, 2006 : In Which We Talk About Weeding
August 26, 2006 : Open Season
August 24, 2006 : Ugly Patch
August 23, 2006 : Fine-Tuning Winter Planting Plans
August 22, 2006 : What We've Been Up To
August 18, 2006 : Seed Saving
August 18, 2006 : Detaching from the Mothership
August 16, 2006 : Hummingbird Wars
August 16, 2006 : More Summer Flowers
August 16, 2006 : More White Stairs
August 15, 2006 : Another Layer of Primer, and The Perils of Celebrity
August 15, 2006 : Things That Go CRASH in the Night
August 14, 2006 : Painting the Porch
August 12, 2006 : The Joys of August
August 11, 2006 : Summer Pruning
August 8, 2006 : A Little Overboard on the Salvias
August 4, 2006 : The Miracle of Pegboard
August 3, 2006 : An Army of Volunteers
August 2, 2006 : Strawberry Propagation
August 1, 2006 : Birds on a Wire
July 31, 2006 : Hummingbird in the Mist
July 30, 2006 : Butterflies in the Lupines
July 29, 2006 : Thrivers
July 28, 2006 : Victims of the Heat Wave
July 22, 2006 : More Lilies
July 21, 2006 : Water Tanks
July 19, 2006 : Tobaccy in the Garden
July 18, 2006 : Flowers as Big as Your Head
July 17, 2006 : For the Birds
July 16, 2006 : Rose Experiments and Other News
July 15, 2006 : Containment Strategy
July 14, 2006 : Some Random Garden Photos
July 14, 2006 : Bring on the Hummingbirds
July 13, 2006 : Sweet Peas
July 12, 2006 : Brick Walk
July 11, 2006 : Thistle Love
July 10, 2006 : Stomped!
July 9, 2006 : The Colours of the Garden
July 9, 2006 : The Fruit of the Garden
July 8, 2006 : The Scent of the Garden
July 8, 2006 : Hoopla
July 4, 2006 : Blue Flowers and a Tree
June 26, 2006 : Summer Flowers
June 25, 2006 : Summer Rain
June 24, 2006 : Inching Closer to Sprinklers
June 23, 2006 : Summer is Here
June 18, 2006 : Back in the Trenches
June 17, 2006 : Yeah, More Plants
June 17, 2006 : Morning Plant Update
June 11, 2006 : In the Trenches
June 11, 2006 : Some Plantings
June 11, 2006 : Don't Fence Me In
June 10, 2006 : Middle of the Manifold
June 10, 2006 : Beginning the Manifold
June 6, 2006 : Manifold Destiny
June 4, 2006 : More Plants
June 4, 2006 : Digester
May 30, 2006 : Bricks and Thyme
May 29, 2006 : More Front Bed Work
May 28, 2006 : A Walk in the Ferns
May 27, 2006 : Garden Triumphs and Tragedies
May 27, 2006 : Some Garden Innovation
May 26, 2006 : Too Much Weeding
May 14, 2006 : Trial by Water
May 13, 2006 : You Know You Love the Plant Posts
May 13, 2006 : Garden Update
May 13, 2006 : Have We Mentioned That We Have Stairs?
May 10, 2006 : So Close...
May 8, 2006 : Before and After
May 7, 2006 : Underground Pathway
May 6, 2006 : The Nuclear Option
May 6, 2006 : Stringers
April 29, 2006 : Let There be Light
April 29, 2006 : The Garden: An Overview and Notes
April 23, 2006 : Mysterious Goings on Under the House
April 23, 2006 : Hours of Invisible Work
April 22, 2006 : Apres le Deluge, Moi
April 2, 2006 : Garden Art and More Plants
April 1, 2006 : California Natives Garden
April 1, 2006 : Another Week
March 26, 2006 : The Progress of a Week
March 24, 2006 : A Tough Row to Hoe
March 23, 2006 : More New Plants
March 22, 2006 : Secure and Yet Not Really
March 21, 2006 : Arbor Day
March 20, 2006 : Hail and Torment
March 19, 2006 : More Planting
March 19, 2006 : One Quick Squee Post
March 18, 2006 : The Wonder of Shelving
March 18, 2006 : Making the Bed
March 17, 2006 : Flower Show and Flowers
March 17, 2006 : Obligatory Spring Garden Photos
March 16, 2006 : The Sound of Silence
March 15, 2006 : Bulbous
February 20, 2006 : Fern Walk
February 17, 2006 : Gardening in the Rain
February 12, 2006 : Quite the Sod Experts
February 11, 2006 : Rosehenge
January 22, 2006 : Our Own Landfill
January 22, 2006 : Paint the Orchard White
January 21, 2006 : More Tree Planting
January 21, 2006 : More Plumbing Work
January 15, 2006 : Plant Yourself an Orchard
January 14, 2006 : More Backbreaking Labour in the Yard
January 2, 2006 : And at Night, the Ice Weasels Come
December 22, 2005 : Hot Water Time
December 21, 2005 : Copperific
December 19, 2005 : Main Line
December 18, 2005 : For Our Next Trick
December 15, 2005 : Assorted Landscaping Work
December 12, 2005 : Cat Flap
November 28, 2005 : Sitework
November 17, 2005 : Exit To Street
November 16, 2005 : Bituthene
November 15, 2005 : Blubber, Oddiment, Tweak
November 13, 2005 : This and That
October 18, 2005 : Siring the Wump
October 17, 2005 : Fence!
October 16, 2005 : Rotate That Subpanel
October 10, 2005 : Sod It All
October 9, 2005 : Toil and Trouble -- Film at Eleven
October 8, 2005 : Four Pallets
October 7, 2005 : Concrete!
October 6, 2005 : Final Steps
October 3, 2005 : Prepping for More Concrete
September 30, 2005 : Porches
September 29, 2005 : Shear Volume
September 28, 2005 : Driveway
September 27, 2005 : The Yard
September 26, 2005 : Earth Moving
September 24, 2005 : Rumour Has It
September 23, 2005 : Back Yard, Two Views
September 22, 2005 : The Incredible Shrinking Pile
September 21, 2005 : Day of Rest
September 20, 2005 : Fisher Brothers
September 20, 2005 : Small Beams Removed
September 20, 2005 : Cribbing Removal
September 20, 2005 : Beams Go Bye-Bye
September 19, 2005 : Bay of Concrete
September 17, 2005 : Why We Started This
September 16, 2005 : Why Nail Guns Were Invented
September 14, 2005 : Walls, Walls, Walls
September 13, 2005 : Brief Hiatus Ended
September 12, 2005 : Posts
September 9, 2005 : Sills and Sticks
September 8, 2005 : HMS Hertz
September 6, 2005 : A Little Backfill on the Side
September 2, 2005 : Stripping Forms
September 1, 2005 : Front Foundations
August 31, 2005 : Remarkably Little Dirt
August 31, 2005 : Behind the Movies: Foundation Cam Uncovered
August 31, 2005 : The Day the Earth Moved
August 30, 2005 : A Step Closer to a Yard
August 29, 2005 : Drain in the Membrane
August 28, 2005 : Prowlers
August 26, 2005 : More Drainage Fun
August 25, 2005 : Magic Trick
August 24, 2005 : Form-ula Front
August 23, 2005 : Making the Outside of a Wall
August 22, 2005 : And Then There Were Walls
August 20, 2005 : Why Do This?
August 18, 2005 : Make Ready for Walls
August 17, 2005 : We Have a FLOOR!!!! OMG!!!!1!!1!
August 16, 2005 : We're Out of Rebar Jokes
August 15, 2005 : Tons of Steel
August 12, 2005 : It's All About the Bar
August 11, 2005 : First Rebar Inspection
August 10, 2005 : Sea of Mustard
August 9, 2005 : We Have a Drain Field
August 9, 2005 : More Gravel Than You Can Imagine
August 5, 2005 : Speed Demons
August 5, 2005 : Field of Gravel
August 4, 2005 : Sumpful Goodness
August 4, 2005 : We're Back!
August 3, 2005 : Resumption
August 3, 2005 : Reckless and Crazy
August 3, 2005 : Childish Behaviour
August 2, 2005 : Permits: Sorted
August 1, 2005 : Dimwitectomy
July 21, 2005 : "The Rain is Over for the Season"
July 21, 2005 : The Orange Demarcation
July 17, 2005 : Tivo for Aggravation
July 11, 2005 : Waiting Game
July 3, 2005 : Subsidence
June 18, 2005 : An Accounting
June 16, 2005 : Unseasonal
June 15, 2005 : Weeding in the Rubble
June 2, 2005 : Where Are You?
May 23, 2005 : Off the Job
May 9, 2005 : Rain, Rain, Rain
May 6, 2005 : Hold, Please
April 29, 2005 : Humorous Asides
April 26, 2005 : Taking a Break
April 25, 2005 : Watching Concrete Dry
March 29, 2005 : Regrouping
March 25, 2005 : When Engineers Attack
March 24, 2005 : A Beautiful Day
March 10, 2005 : Down The Drain
March 3, 2005 : Subgrade
March 1, 2005 : Living on the "E.T." Set
February 28, 2005 : Grab Bag
February 27, 2005 : Foundations...Gone!
February 25, 2005 : Service Announcement
February 24, 2005 : Big Hole
February 23, 2005 : Wednesday Morning, 7AM
February 21, 2005 : Ahoy, Matey
February 18, 2005 : Temporary Plumbing
February 17, 2005 : Cribbing by Daylight
February 16, 2005 : He Shoots -- He Shores!
February 15, 2005 : Mud Wrestling
February 14, 2005 : Debris and Corner Shoring
February 13, 2005 : Neighbor Magnet
February 12, 2005 : Make Way for Shoring
February 11, 2005 : Another Stair?
February 9, 2005 : Subpanel Move
February 8, 2005 : Side Porch Fix
February 7, 2005 : Bang! Bang! Bang!
February 4, 2005 : Who's Been Knocking on the Floor?
February 3, 2005 : No-Maintenance Results
January 31, 2005 : I'm Looking Through You
January 30, 2005 : Rot Me! I'm a Dais!
January 29, 2005 : The Three Ages of Sump
January 19, 2005 : All Quiet on the Home Front
January 14, 2005 : Blow the Skirts Off That House
January 13, 2005 : Some Disassembly Required
January 12, 2005 : Chimney-Be-Gone
December 29, 2004 : Foundation of the Foundation
December 15, 2004 : Back in the Ladder
December 15, 2004 : Heat and Hot Water
December 13, 2004 : Central Heat is a Glorious Thing
December 13, 2004 : Heat!
October 30, 2004 : Nekkid Ladies
October 5, 2004 : No, You're Orange
September 28, 2004 : Are You Yellow?
September 17, 2004 : Swatchtastic
September 15, 2004 : Chamber of Horrors
September 9, 2004 : A Tale Of Dreadful Dready Stuff
August 18, 2004 : Scrape Scrape Scrape
August 16, 2004 : The Writing on the Wall
August 16, 2004 : And Now For Our Next Trick
August 11, 2004 : Open Space
August 10, 2004 : Library
August 9, 2004 : Fields of Green
August 7, 2004 : Muddy Walls
August 4, 2004 : End of Tape
July 16, 2004 : Forward Progress Actually Visible
July 15, 2004 : The Curse of Perfectionism
July 14, 2004 : Someday, A Nice Bedroom
July 13, 2004 : Scrape Scrape Scrape
July 12, 2004 : The Colour of My Dreams
July 7, 2004 : This Evening...
June 28, 2004 : A Word to the Wiring
June 26, 2004 : Completion!
June 24, 2004 : Enough Counter Puns, Already
June 21, 2004 : Counter-Intuitive
June 11, 2004 : House Guests
June 5, 2004 : Eek!
May 31, 2004 : Not a Construction Zone
May 29, 2004 : Growth Spurt
May 24, 2004 : The Saga Continues
April 25, 2004 : A Man With a Mission
April 23, 2004 : The Joy of Compost
March 29, 2004 : Outlet and Mailbox
March 27, 2004 : New Roof and Plantings
March 18, 2004 : Top Coat
March 12, 2004 : More Spackle for Casa Decrepit
March 11, 2004 : Going Nowhere
March 6, 2004 : House of Spackle
March 4, 2004 : They're Back!
February 28, 2004 : Welcome to Our Houseboat
February 26, 2004 : High Winds over Alameda
February 21, 2004 : Stupid Kids
February 20, 2004 : All Quiet
February 12, 2004 : What Colour Shall We Paint the House?
February 4, 2004 : Flowers for Mikey
February 2, 2004 : Warmth: What a Concept
February 1, 2004 : Another Day Down Under
January 30, 2004 : Contractor Woes
January 28, 2004 : More Scraping, Plus Caulk!
January 24, 2004 : Aggravation
January 24, 2004 : White, With Photos!
January 23, 2004 : WHITE!
January 16, 2004 : Dampness Galore
January 7, 2004 : Whither the Painters?
January 5, 2004 : More Painting Photos
January 5, 2004 : Be Still, My Rusty Nails
January 4, 2004 : Something's Leaking
January 1, 2004 : Lush New Digs
December 28, 2003 : Fall 2003: Gardening and the Front Parlours, continued
December 21, 2003 : Winter Vacation
December 19, 2003 : Painters Galore
December 17, 2003 : Working All Night
December 15, 2003 : Reality Check, Plus Engineers Bearing Good News
December 14, 2003 : Bye Bye Basketball Hoop
December 11, 2003 : Make Hay While the Sun Shines
December 10, 2003 : A Dumpster for Christmas
December 9, 2003 : The First Piece of Drywall
December 8, 2003 : Down With the Awning!
December 7, 2003 : Recap of the Weekend
December 5, 2003 : Adios, Industrial Grey Carpet
December 4, 2003 : Delusions of Speed
December 3, 2003 : Money Pit
December 1, 2003 : Give Thanks for Insulation
November 25, 2003 : Writer's Cramp
November 19, 2003 : This is What Happens When You Defile the Fedex Burial Grounds
November 18, 2003 : Gardening at Night
November 17, 2003 : Missing Magnolia
November 16, 2003 : Weekend of Activity
November 14, 2003 : Why We Go To College
November 12, 2003 : Gallons of Caulk
November 3, 2003 : Back to Work
October 23, 2003 : Planning
January 31, 2003 : Stuff Dug Out of Our Yard
December 22, 2002 : Fall 2002: Front Parlours
September 25, 2002 : Summer 2002: Offer, Contract, Closing

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