Pool Equipment Area

Part of the new pool equipment project involves tearing down the shade structure that is over the area. Those white posts are now gone and the tin shading material that was on top has been recycled.

The peach tree on the right has been dug up and cut into firewood for next winter.

In this area a new wooden enclosure is being built and the house exterior painted a new color.

New Pool Equipment

We are in the midst of two projects in the backyard.
The first one involves replacing this pool equipment, which has been here since at least 1981.



Now we have a new heater, two new pump motors and a new filter.
Already, we have seen a dramatic improvement in the performance of the new equipment over the old stuff.
Hopefully we will see an improvement in our power bills since the new equipment is a lot more efficient than the old.


This area will be cleaned up and painted and a wooden enclosure is being built for it to hide it away a little bit and soften the noise from the motor.

Hiking in Calabasas

Here we are out for a walk a couple of Sundays ago in Calabasas, not too far from the house.

Rosebud had a good time but had to bushwhack her way through some of the over-grown parts of the trail.

Brian Kelly

SI.com has a feature story today on the changes taking place at Notre Dame under new football coach Brian Kelly.

Easter Quake

On Sunday there was a big earthquake south of the border and the epicenter was a good 300 miles from where we live.

At the time, I was taking a nap and felt the bed start rolling back and forth like someone was gently shaking it. I looked around and nobody was there so I went back to sleep and then the bed started moving again.

Aimee was on the couch in the living room and didn't feel it at all.

As usual, Rosebud slept through the whole thing.

Guru of Go

This Saturday April 3, ESPN will show a documentary on Loyola Marymount basketball and Hank Gathers. The film will air on ABC-TV in the afternoon before showing up a few times on ESPN. I have seen most of it and it is very good.