Brooke here: Last weekend, I sat in the garden of the Orange County Social Club and talked with a very pleasant woman who keeps goats. Based on her experience with the finer points of keeping goats, the whimsy of the Rent-a-Goat ivy management option has wandered off down the road, bell a-ringin’. I described the […]
Brooke here: So there’s the wisteria, and then there’s the ivy. The wisteria is a nigh-invulnerable infestation similar to a b-movie villain… dastardly, nefarious, and numerous, but eventually beaten to submission. Sure, it pops back up for the sequel (Wisteria on a Plane: Death Smells Fantastic) but it can and will be beaten. And then […]
Brooke here: As this post deals mainly with physics, there are two things you should bear in mind. The first is a previous post when I threw in an offhand comment about the waste water plumbing for the washing machine, and the second is that I have almost no sense of smell. So while […]
Brooke here: We’re deep in the post-move ennui, where the work yet to be completed still exists but our bodies make stern fist-shaking threats whenever our minds bring it up. Fortunately, Elizabeth forges on without us. Here, look at the laundry room she built: I don’t know if I have stressed the “Eli is awesome” […]
Brooke here: With deadlines looming, I’ve done nothing more exciting than clean. Well, in this house, “just cleaning” means I’ve qualified for a spot on the U.S. Competitive Danger Mopping Team, but it rather pales in comparison since Elizabeth has gone and built an entire room. The washer and dryer hookups are in the basement, […]
Brooke here: While working in the Labyrinth, Elizabeth and I explored the future wine cellar. Brown and I had done little more than glance in and shiver, but there was some interesting stuff in there. We were, for example, especially interested in preventing an impending ceiling collapse (For the record, we’re almost positive the concrete […]
Brooke here: Yesterday I spent a good bit of time on a roof repairing water-damaged wood and Brown was below replastering drywall, but neither of these were at the new house so they don’t count. In our absence, Elizabeth rebuilt the Labyrinth. As most projects do, it started with a single idea which grabbed the […]
Remodeling continues, with a look at the bathrooms and buying gray-market paint for the pool.
Brooke here: I’m not sure if the basement has been mentioned yet. It’s an interesting space… I believe the phrase du jour is that it has “a lot of character.” The floor is gorgeous, with concrete stamped and painted to resemble massive Spanish tiles. The rest of the room didn’t really match the floor, though. […]
Brooke here: We have devolved into creatures good for nothing but generating profanity and hurling fistfuls of money at Home Depot. Over a hurried sandwich, I tried to explain to Elizabeth that Brown and I have been throwing ourselves into various home improvement projects since early April and it’s frustrating to still not see the […]
Flying by night 