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 Joshua Tree 2010
  The Pond:
The 133 gal pond 74x51x18 fits a Prius

Cutting ground rod so can't tear pond

Leveling the pond, packing soil beneith

Clothes washer discharges into pond

Pond and septic friendly cleaners

The pond in a patio of rocks and plants

A Burgundy Red Louisiana Iris

Two Anacharis stems

Water Poppy - Hydrocleys Nymphoides

Water Sprite, Floating Form

Yellow Floating Heart

Parrot's Feather. Diamond Milfoil

Planting Water Poppy

The pond plants are beginning to grow

A simple valve and float shutoff

It works, but it could get stuck open

Brass-PVC grates held up under pressure

The pond filler is assembled

The frog spitter fills the pond

Sump pump on a plate in a pond liner

The sump pump wrapped in a wire mesh

Pond liner hung from shower floor

A 330 GPH Totalpond pump and filter

Replacing a 210 GPH pump with a 560

Two timers for two pond pumps

Pond water recirculates down waterfall

Morning's Nursery in 29 Palms, CA
  Plants:
New plants and nutrients

Adding lime to caliche soil & mulch mix

Planting a Manzanillo Olive Tree

Planting a Dwarf Rosemary

Hose thru PVC pipe to avoid crimping

Two shutoffs in a small irrigation box
  Water:
A shutoff valve for the Olive tree

To carry rain and shower water to pond

The downspout flows to the pond

Rain flows down to a second gutter

Three gutters send water to the pond

Fitting around the compost toilet vent

Amerimax gutter for a Carolina carport

Downspouts & drain pipes deliver water

Connecting a corrugated roof to a wall
  Toilet:
Carolina carport with Amerimax gutters

All gutters capture rain for the pond

A Sun-mar compost toilet with no drain

The drain hose through an elbow

Overflow hose runs to a drainfield pipe

Name brand paper does not compost
  Bedroom:
Compost toilet drawer into a composter

A new pillow-top bed

Sloping floor; Castors raise the head

Inline cord switch with a pull-chain

A custom made pull-chain cord switch

A Pennzoil siphon pump at Wal-mart

Pull-chain cord switch in a rubber bulb

Branstrator trailer window frames

New bed, wall, frames, blinds & tracks
  Web Cams:
An imitation SVAT security camera

The Logitech Alert network adapter

The Logitech Alert 750e power supply

Inserting a micro SD chip into the cam

Securing the web cam with Loctite

A Logitech Alert web cam view

The Logitech Alert 750e and the 700i

Finding better outlet for the power box

The Logitech Alert 700i web camera
  Creatures:
Faux wood blinds wrap around the 700i

Capturing packrat desecration

Bird in motion by a Logitech Alert 750e

A spider triggers a Logitech Alert 750e

A Desert Tortoise

A Walking Stick insect

Something is eating my smokes

Mice! (Infrared night vision capture)

A broken Eucalyptus Tree
  Interesting:
Spectracide Seal & Jobe's Tree Wrap

A Seascape by Verne Gillespie

Sun rise behind the hill

Mount San Jacinto over Route 62

The iron hub of a Branstrator trailer

A third wire grounds a two-wire system
  Insulation:
Layered insulating fiberglass bats

Crawlspace foam-plywood insulation

Bolts pull 6" of solid foam to frame
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