building a power plant 10.

i’m starting to question my choice of title for this series of posts; it really doesn’t feel like progress towards an actual structure, at least not in the sense that something purposeful is achieved in a given time frame through a deliberate and sustained effort. i mean we’re now at post 10 – and at…

the regretti spaghetti.

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building a power plant 9.

shed unleashed! it’s all happening now, you can basically see the progress with the naked eye. if you squint and tilt your head slightly you can just make out the addition of the west wall and the fact that the north wall was completed today. and if you stand there long enough it’s almost as…

building a power plant 8.

we turn our backs for one minute … actually two days (in hobart), but in the context of the seemingly never ending journey to building our own power plant it certainly feels like just a moment. which makes me wonder if we are going to hit the next deadline: the installation of solar panels has…

building a power plant 7.

i know, it should be up and running already. the solar panels and the battery were scheduled to be installed yesterday & the day before and since it’s a sunny day today electricity would be pouring into the system and we could start dreaming about that electric car. but it wasn’t meant to be, and…

hip replacement surgery.

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a better way.

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before & after.

following the unveiling of our refurbished l4300dt (the ‘l’ in the name identifies our tractor as a mid sized machine, while the ‘dt’ means ‘dual traction’ which is a really weird way of saying ‘four wheel drive’) it may not be immediately clear why i embarked on the long & arduous journey of restoring it…

final touches.

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almost there!

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no more paint booth?

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