OK, the title of this post is a little misleading, but I like the sound of it. And while I’m not raising the roof, I am supporting the roof to assure it…
Category: General
Well, Well, Well – Running Water!
After a drawn out project with the help of my neighbor, the new well pump is now functioning. (And, by, “help of my neighbor,” I mean that he pretty much did the…
Art? Or Eyesore?
Mostly just kidding here, but our old TV antenna with years of vines on it is sort of neat. The vines were cut at the ground long ago, so there’s no new…
Summary of “Home Work” Week
I took a week off of work and spent this time making progress on the Belleview house project. Here’s a summary of those posts: Home Work: Day 1 of 6 Home Work:…
Home Work: Day 6 of 6 (Wrapping Up)
For the final day of my week at the house, I started by going to pick up the well casing extension that we bought yesterday, but needed to be cut this morning. The…
Home Work: Day 5 of 6 (More Well, Well, Well)
Today was a remarkably productive day, but this post will be relatively short, as there’s only a little to report. That little is that Bill spent that better part of the day…
Home Work: Day 4 of 6 (Demolition and Well, Well, Well)
With the rain on Wednesday, we couldn’t do the well work and the rain continued into Thursday morning. So in the AM, I continued the interior demolition work. I began breaking through…
Home Work: Day 3 of 6 (Demolition and Electrical)
The bulk of today was spent on the demolition of the back of the house and filling the current dumpster. There are three really small rooms: mud room, bathroom, small bedroom –…
Belleview in Bloom
A few of the spring perennials that are currently in bloom at Belleview. There are more that will come up later and I’ll try to post the progression to see how things…
Artifacts Found
While digging out my well cap, i found these three items all buried around it. I guess someone thought these were the tools needed for a future effort, but how to dig…