June 4
One of the aspects of this house that I really love is the way it combines new and old technologies. Steve Belardo has developed a seamless way to do this in the homes he designs and builds and I think it is brilliant.
I will write a more in-depth posting on this soon. In the meantime, let’s focus on the new technologies–like electricity! 🙂
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The house is almost completely wired now. Lights. Fans. Plugs. TV. Internet. Probably other stuff I don’t even know about! You’ve seen pictures of the various wires snaking throughout the house. At some point, you will see what most of the wires terminate in. For the time being, they are just hanging about, waiting to fulfill their destinies. Sorry. I have poetic feelings about electricity–I still consider it magic and I love all that it does.
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- And McCall responds: “Yes, certainly, but WHICH red wire, my friend?”
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- OMG. It is a confusion of wires!
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- They are seeking their true purpose in life…which will eventually be to light and cool the Living Room
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- Electrical porthole
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- Even the garage is wired up
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- Television in Sitting Room–WAHOO!
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- Sometimes they are afraid to peek out just yet…
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- No idea, but I think it is plumbing-related.
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- Electrical to felting: “Hey, I was here first!”
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- My closet gets the wiring treatment
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- Well, we know what the yellow wires are for, but what about the brown wire?
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- I already love my office
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- HVAC for the Garage Maintenance Room
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- Electrical and lights for the Garage work table
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- I call this “Yellow Lines on a Field of Stars”
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- I can climb this ladder by myself now!
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- Sparkly!
personal
Super hike today with Bella and Niles. It was really hot, but the sky was a glorious blue. “As usual,” you are saying to yourself, and that’s true, but lately we’ve had rain and gray skies, so the blue is welcome. The Africanized bees, not so much…
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- Something delicate and new
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- Earlier version
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- Mature sotol with Africanized bees
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- The sotol plants are everywhere now, at different stages of growth
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- Remember the sad tree? It is no longer sad! And Bella and Niles love it.
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- Rain has helped this tree and many other plants to thrive this Spring.
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- So green!
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- Wildflowers are still popping up
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- Wiring as it is found in Nature. 😉
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- The yucca blooms are really nasty looking pickly things right now, but I love the leaves and the curlicues!
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- On the road home, there are these!
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- What are they?
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- Whatever they are, as usual, I love them.
PS. About the references to McCall: I am a huge fan of the TV series THE EQUALIZER (1985-1989). I watched it when it first aired. Several episodes involved Robert McCall, played by the late and great Edward Woodward, defusing incendiary devices which included an array of multi-colored wires. I can hear the dialogue from those eps as I’m looking at the red wires running through-out the house. Sorry…I should be receiving the DVDs of the show from England soon if you are interested…No? I thought not… 😉
Thanks for taking such great photos– I can now imagine liking the desert– And what happy dogs, and the house- it’s practically move-in ready! 🙂
You are welcome and thanks for visiting! I asked Steve and he said NO to moving in now. Seems there is really no plumbing set up at the moment… LOL!