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Mourning Dove on her nest |
Giant Crab Spider |
Triple mutant toad in the pond |
Fauna: |
Young Desert Jackrabbit |
Gray Catbird in Sandwich, MA |
A Costas? Hummingbird in Joshua Tree |
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Hummingbird nest eggs, March 13 |
Hummingbird chicks on March 28 |
Canon PC1742 taken with Windows phone |
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Hummingbird chicks and mama |
Hummingbird young on April 5 |
Hedgehog, Red Pencil Cholla, Prickly Pear |
Flora: |
Agave Salmiana Ferox under a Eucalyptus |
Buckets catch kitchen sink drainage. |
2010: Our first grey water pond, 133 gal |
Pond: |
A blanket of algea on empty pond |
Measuring our old pond-patio |
Lowe's delivery 275 gal MacCourt pond |
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Biggest preformed pond available online |
Removing old 133 gallon preformed pond |
Leveling new 275 gallon preformed pond |
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The burlap hides the black plastic |
Hiding PVC pond filler pipe with burlap |
Pond filler camouflaged with burlap |
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The interlocking flat rock patio |
Home Depot's TotalPond 1200 GPH pump |
Dividing the pumped water jet in two |
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Numerous sources of water feed to pond |
Flat rock patio around a 275 gal pond |
A full moon on February 10, 2017 |
Scenery: |
A dwindling waterfall |
The Palm Springs (PSP) United patio |
Highway 101 California to Washington |
Travel: |
Stearns Wharf at Christmas |
Cabrillo Hwy-1, Big Sur |
Point Sur light station |
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Pfeiffer Beach |
Keyhole Arch at Pfeiffer Beach |
Horses on road to Pfeiffer Beach |
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Kerr Christmas 2016 |
The 40 acre Kerr Farm |
Kerr family dinner at Tuscanos |
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Central Point, OR near the CA border |
Broken air conditioner package |
Measuring for air conditioner hole |
AC: |
Old bedsheet covers cutting area |
Aligning Frigidaire air conditioner |
Bolts lock air conditioner in place |
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Wiring outlets for new air conditioner |
Wire shelf protects air conditioner |
Setting Wasserstein 7 day timer |
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Hills towing to start our Prius |
A Deltran Battery Tender plugged in |
Deltran Battery Tender to Prius Battery |
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Rheem RTG64-XLP tankless water heater |
The Rheem RTG64-XLP burner assembly |
The Rheem RTG64-XLP interior |
Power: |
Pritchett installing another solar rack |
Topping batteries with distilled water |
New golf cart battery for battery bank |
Water: |
Broken PVC ball valve |
Water truck delivery |
GreenLeaf bolted ball valve |
Renovation: |
The unbolted shed has moved off center |
Lag screws anchor our Lifetime shed |
Building a rack under our home in 2003 |
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Window blind slat doesn't stick to glue |
Necessary renovation supplies |
All sides have been taped and repainted |
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Fiberglass taped back together |
Taillight fixed with "Liquid Tape" |
Masking with Frogtape |
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Sprayed fiberglass seals door bottom |
Sprayed fiberglass tape seals door top |
Painting with Behr Swiss Coffee paint |
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Priming with Behr 'Swiss Coffee' paint |
Spilled and recovered the can of paint |
Painted the screen door |
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Outside walls needed work in 2010 |
Yellow paint was used in 1968 |
Considered "Hunters Hollow" paint |
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Considered dark blue paint |
Repainting with Behr 'Swiss Coffee' first |
Repainted with Behr 'Swiss Coffee' first |
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Masked with Frogtape |
Trellis hung between hollow steel tubes |
Lopsided Trellis between weak tubes |
Trellis: |
Hanging the trellis with Velcro |
Don't hang the trellis with Velcro |
Painting angleirons and bolts black |
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Angles to stop trellis from bouncing off |
Emptying the eComposter |
Stinger 2.5 gallon wet dry vacuum |
Other: |
A clean well made bed |
Crosley freezer with Johnson controller |
SolarWorld SW 325 XL MONO solar panels |
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Solar panel racks |
The Country Kitchen |
Our 'faux wood' window blind |
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Our homesite |
Fiberglass taped together and painted |
Fiberglass taped together and painted |
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Adhesive sprayed tape covers splits |
Sprayed tape locks metal & wood frame |
Fiberglass taped together and painted |
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Photoshoping light green is considered |
Fiberglass taping plywood splits |
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