Solar Panels

Well, they’re up, but there’s still a few more inspections etc to go before they’re running. More views on flickr. Other stuff that happened Friday: The oleanders are finally gone!  We planted two Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’, one Ceanothus...

Alpaca Daze

We’re going to see alpacas Saturday!  Despite my best attempts at convincing other friends to come along (i.e. bribes of lots of winetasting), it’s just going to be me and Dave this weekend, heading up to Santa Ynez for the day. For alpacas, I’m...

Tankless Heater

The tankless heater is in! It’s amazing just how small it is…it’s about the size of our electric meter box. Considering how tiny our “backyard” is, getting rid of the old heater has made a big difference in the space back there. I’d...

ThisClose….

….to letting myself cast on for a new project. I’ve finished one of the WIPs (handspun hat) and should finish Flutterby this morning (or at least have it blocking by lunch time, which, to me, counts as finished). Pics to follow. I know, that only adds up...

Fall house projects

Is summer really over?  It certainly doesn’t seem like it here.  Regardless, Dave is officially back at work, with his first day of new students today (sigh — over 40 kids in all of his classes except AP Physics — he’ll have over 225 students...