The snow finally stopped, so I’ve been learning how to run a pool. Not swimmable yet, but getting there. To help manage the solar water heater on the roof, I’ve started instrumenting the house. I put a weather station by the bird feeder so the birds can help me keep an eye on it: And…
We had a couple of pretty snowfalls this month: It melted fast. Here the camera caught snow falling from the power line: Our backyard is remarkably private. This is one of the few places in town I found where you can see it, about 3 miles away. You need a high res monitor, middle, 1/3…
We got a new power pole installed near our back yard. The old one was crooked and would spectacularly short wires in wind storms: I took a 1/2 day vacation while the power was out and we walked up one of the trails that starts a few blocks from our house: Helen enjoyed her month…
We made it! We survived our cross-country, mid-Winter migration with some stress but minimal damage. Icy roads and nasty viruses (I discovered you can develop Asthma late in life, given the right conditions), but I reckon that’s nothing compared to what the first Mormon’s dealt with when they migrated West. We stopped in MN to…
This is old news to most of you, but in case I missed anybody, we are buying a house! We haven’t actually set foot in it yet, but we are not entirely insane. We watched lots of videos and pictures, and have had detailed inspections and appraisals done. All looks good, so we hope to…
I feel remiss in not announcing in last months post that Zach and Tiffany are engaged! Since this is somewhat old news, I guess a old stock photo from this summer will be ok: The wedding bells will chime in June 2012 in Rochester. We got back last week from a 10 day trip to…