#46. Buying and Building that Stairway to Heaven.You’ve seen the slope we are dealing with here.Sep 1Sep 1
#45. Landscaping my lot, the spot that God forgot.Ill spend very little time on the dialogue of landscaping the property. We hired a local landscaper to work on the plant selection and…Jul 18Jul 18
#44. I paved paradise and put up a parking lot.How sad it is for me to write a blog with this title. However, I built a house of concrete, roof of steel and floors of porcelain so a…Feb 25Feb 25
#43. Now I have to be aware “ of softshoe shufflers, dancing down the sidewalk.”With the new path leading up to the front door completed, George’s words are something to heed.Jan 16Jan 16
#42. is this technically the …Beyond?The old original Nipa Hut that was the inspiration for the title of the blog has served its purpose and is now being replaced — hence…Jan 5Jan 5
#41: Don’t you want to see me crawl across the floor for you.A clarification of the last blog. The term “Dodong” is a word commonly used in the Philippines to describe a younger man. Dodong can be a…Nov 18, 2023Nov 18, 2023
#40. Truckin, like the “dodong” manI’ve walked out to this car (called the Nipa… blog) so many times to get going and then turn around to go back to the house because I…Oct 15, 2023Oct 15, 2023
39-Long time gone-again.A gap of several months have passed since #38 riprap blog. It is now time to start the interior work. The architect and my wife have spent…May 24, 2023May 24, 2023
#38. Build a bridge and get over it.Told the guys I wanted a seawall and gave them some parameters and off they went. They buried they initial lower layer 1 ft in the beach…Nov 14, 2022Nov 14, 2022
#37-Still dealing with Operation Overlord.First addressed in #35. Remember the bamboo fence in this pic.Oct 28, 2022Oct 28, 2022