archive for May, 2005
May 5, 2005
why restore (part 1)
Living on Earth is a weekly environmental news and information program “featuring news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues”. Last week they looked into some of the ecological effects of trends towards large new homes and green building resources.
May 5, 2005
why restore (part 2)
I’ve been reading The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-Made Landscape by James Howard Kunstler.
May 6, 2005
a new member of the team
Somehow we got to thinking that the 4 cats inside and the colony around the house weren’t enough small animals to take care of.
May 8, 2005
new grass, trees, roses
We planted two trees, have been watching grass grow, and had some roses sneak up on us.
May 10, 2005
more about the porch
Now that it’s warm, we’ve been prepping the new porch to finish painting. We’ve decided that the screen was probably installed backwards.
May 12, 2005
painting ceilings is not fun
I’ve spent the last few afternoons after work making the back porch ready to be painted, puttying egregious nail holes and priming priming priming.
May 14, 2005
a neighborhood lifestyle
I’ve been offered a position at the neighborhood middle school for next year. This is good.
May 16, 2005
mitsu returns!
Last summer, a three-legged cat became part of our outside herd. Sometime in the early winter he stopped coming around and we assumed the worst. This afternoon, though, Mitsu was seen chillin’ in the new grass.
May 16, 2005
unfinished painting still feels good
All of last week we worked to prep the back porch for painting this past weekend. We didn’t finish painting, but we accomplished enough to change the whole feel of the downstairs porch.
May 22, 2005
at a much older house
It was beautiful yesterday, mid-70s and partly-cloudy, a great day to work on the house. We had made a prior commitment, though, so…
