Ramon and I spent the last two weeks in Oakland, packing up the final remnants of our stuff, meeting with various contractors, and picking out paint colors. White walls, white countertops, white everything is what Bay Area house buyers are looking for, apparently. Which doesn’t completely work for our house since we have so much […]
Apples, nectarines, persimmons, figs, quince…I do love fruit and we are on our way to having a Reverie mixed fruit bowl in our orchard. Back in the fall I pre-ordered eight fruit trees that would arrive in January, prime time for bare-root fruit tree planting. But eight fruit trees that need to be planted means
As Tamara mentioned in our last blog entry we are busy planning the expansion of Reverie. One of the first things that we both feel is needed is an alternative energy system and so we have decided that solar is a priority. As some of you have seen while at Reverie we
As happy as I am with the colder weather and rain it has halted the progress on renovating the guest house somewhat. But I have been able to make some headway. I have been able to finish almost 2 sides of the house with the custom siding that I create as I’m working on it
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Tamara and I would like to wish everyone a happy new year. This is our 2015 in photos… #reverieretreat
I had intended to write more about the renovation of the guest house but last Sunday we had another interesting experience. We were having a leisurely day and were just having breakfast as we heard a loud boom. This boom felt like it was right above us and so I ran outside to see if
Our Chief of Pack Dynamics, Otto von Bacon, is going through a rough spell. I woke up at 1am last Monday to his pacing and wandering around the house, and I found him standing in the corner of my office disoriented. I pulled him into bed with us and he was literally freaking
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We’ve had a setback with the El Dorado County planning department. By way of background, we first met with the planning department in October, 2012, when we were still in escrow on the Reverie property, to find out from the Planning Department staff if we could do the Reverie project with the current
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Before the rain started we (my dad and I) were able to finish putting “tarpaper” on the building to prevent water from getting to the frame of the building. We received the wood we purchased from which we are going to make the new siding and chose some different stain colors to give the
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