Archive for the ‘Joys of the Homeowner’ Category

A ton of work, an ounce of progress.

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Continuing the saga of the backyard deck…

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Arms tired… can’t type… deck project photos…

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

This is normally where I would put in a bunch of text explaining what got done on the deck project this weekend, but my arms are too tired to type more than a sentence or two.  So instead, I’ll just post a bunch of photos!

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Breaking Ground (and then moving it)

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Holes, holes, holes.   The backyard is filled with holes.  Big holes and small holes.  Some deep and some not as deep.  Oh.  And a trench.

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Nesting Progress II

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Sometimes before you build up, you need to tear down.  This one is all about tearing down. (more…)

Nesting Progress I

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Lots and lots and lots of stuff going on at Chateau de Moon these past few weeks.   We’ve been on a ‘nesting’ tear.  Lets start from the bottom…

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Light at the End of the Shed

Monday, March 21st, 2011

It’s getting close!  In fact, if you only look at it from one side and ignore the ugly yellow primer, you could convince yourself it’s done!  Of course, if you move a couple of inches in any direction, you’ll see it was an illusion, but I’ll stick with my illusions.

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