Jaworski House

Category: All Around You

  • Cowell Redwoods Hike

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/7130753359/” title=”cable car beach by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8008/7130753359_a437b6e365_n.jpg” width=”320″ height=”214″ alt=”cable car beach at cowell redwoods state park”></a><br />n<br />nThere are almost too many great places in the bay area to explore, many of them really close to home. The northern California coast is only one of two places in the world that…

  • Rainwater Catchment, but No Rain

    I have the rainwater catchment system all set up and eager to receive the free bounty from the skies this winter. But wait, is it really winter? This time of year, we should be getting at least a drizzle now and then. But we’ve been dry for months now. So my new h2o catch and…

  • A Weekend of Storms and Rainwater

    Here is my latest installment of my new toy, our rain water catchment system.<br />n<br />nLate last week, I scrambled to get the line from the supply pipe connected to the water tank, because there was a good, wet storm forecasted to hit our area. What did we get out of it, or better asked,…

  • Water Tank is Placed

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/6304393929/” title=”water_tank-5 by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/6304393929_b91686deba_m.jpg” width=”240″ height=”160″ alt=”water_tank-5″></a><br />n<br />nYou can see from the image above that the water tank has been placed into its final spot, where it will live to collect and retain rain water in the coming wet months.<br />n<br />nThe octagon retaining wall was built and placed, leveled…

  • Water Tank Install

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/6299742428/” title=”water tank by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6299742428_994c03eff2_m.jpg” width=”240″ height=”160″ alt=”water tank”></a><br />n<br />nThe water tank arrived at the house safely the other day. There’s a picture of it above, next to the house. Earlier today, I pulled it out to clean it up and rinse out the inside.<br />n<br />nThe image below shows…

  • Rainwater Harvesting

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/6278276724/” title=”Jaworski House Water Tank, by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6097/6278276724_c0d07dc7ba_m.jpg” width=”160″ height=”240″ alt=”water_tank-1″></a><br />n<br />nPart of the landscape project includes a system that will harvest rainwater. Yes, I realize that water from the pipe is cheap and it will be decades before we recoup the cost of installing this system, but a), now is…

  • Non Rain at Mt. Madonna

    We went for a quick, two night camping trip to Mt. Madonna County Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Watsonville and Gilroy. It was a second annual group trip organized by Cheryl Collett, Rita’s friend from high school. The cost of the group campground was prohibitively expensive, so instead, we identified a cul de…

  • Stormin

    Wrapping up tonight and the wind outside is picking up. I stepped outside moments ago and the rain is just starting to come down a light rain, as if it is hesitating to drive down through restless air.<br />n<br />nWe’re in for a whole week of wetness, and I hear it will be getting cold…

  • Salmon Sky

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/5242837961/” title=”Salmon Sky by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5242837961_c835b2ce73_m.jpg” width=”240″ height=”180″ alt=”Salmon Sky” /></a><br />n<br />nLast October, I was privileged enough to help host a star party at a local elementary school. One of the astronomers that was setting up next to me gestured toward the western sky and commented about the salmon color it…

  • Campout Spring 2010

    <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaworskihouse/4587801692/” title=”Adventure Guides Spring Campout 2010 by jaworskihouse, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3321/4587801692_f3c23a4cfd_m.jpg” width=”240″ height=”160″ alt=”Adventure Guides Spring Campout 2010″ /></a><br />n<br />nWe had a wonderful, but short, weekend at the Adventure Guides Spring Campout. As last year, we were at Camp Jones Gulch, near La Honda in the Santa Cruz Mountains. But this time, for…