Having hit a brick wall (see previous post) I have been looking for OTTD (other things to do). Today I vacuumed the basement of the Cross House. Few things bring me greater pleasure than vacumming. As I happily worked away I spotted something amiss. Scarily so.     Emporia is not alone with drought causing…

This is day 120 of resolving the Violation Work. I have been possessed by the Violation Work. Then I ran into a brick wall. A wall involving the total lack of vinyl J-trim being available in the entire universe. For, without such trim, I am dead in the water installing vinyl. And I never never…

Today was blisteringly exciting. I glazed the big window. Squee! Baby steps, baby!

In 2017 I did an involved post about the exterior of the carriage house. At the time I tentatively wondered if two of the dormers were actually original.     But…what if the dormers were built at different times? If so, I still do not understand why the ‘new’ dormer was not a continuation of…

In 2019 I had cataract surgery on my left eye. Yesterday I had cataract surgery on my right eye. Getting old is weird. I was told: “Make sure you do nothing which creates dust for the next two weeks.” Well, there went my plans for today. And today was a day I had been waiting…

    I also met with the city about the Violation Notice, and showed them the progress detailed in yesterday’s blog post. The city seemed pleased and was fine with my anticipating being done by the end of November.