A Bob's Life

Fuzzy Zebras in Zoom Pilanesberg National Park, ZA February 25, 2025   NO, I am not going to delve into politics and government today. I thi...

Yeedi Uncovered Tequesta, FL July 11, 2024   I had a frustrating repair experience yesterday.  Our robot vacuum, a Yeedi, needs a new batter...

Looking North  North Fork Loxahatchee River, Tequesta, FL June 26, 2023   Yesterday was a classic South Florida day.  Highs in the high 80s ...

Earth Day Sunrise this Morning from my Patio  Tequesta, FL April 22, 2023 Happy Earth Day!  I had a fortunate event happen two weeks ago as ...

  My one-month old, in two days, iPhone 14 proMax, died overnight. I was in shock since it is new. It was dead. Very very dead. I could not ...

Bracket and mower deck Elkridge, MD  July 2, 2022   I am having a terrible time getting a welder to repair my mower deck. I have had two can...

The Pool on Memorial Day Elkridge, MD May 30, 2022   Houses require maintenance and anyone who owns one knows this is true. And that mainten...

Jeep in the Garage Elkridge, MD May 27, 2022 Out of the blue yesterday, although the sky had been gray for the past four days, I wound up do...

  The Final View of the Repair Elkridge, MD May 25, 2022 The rain and cold returned. It is 55 degrees this morning as the day begins. I very...

  After opening the treasure chest to pay for a plumber to repair an exterior faucet and thinking the problem was solved, there is a part 2 ...

I like to repair things. Fortunately, I usually understand when something is beyond my ability as was the case with an outdoors faucet repai...

Error on the Microwave The dreaded words were heard uttered last evening: "Bob, the microwave is broken." Looking up from my compu...

As if  being back in Maryland after such a short time away was not enough, I had another surprise when I hopped into the truck to retrieve M...

  Parts to Fix my Chlorinator You may remember that last week I wrote about nearly assassinating the pool chlorinator when I could not get i...

The Chlorinator of my Nightmares Elkridge, MD September 2, 2021 Doing the weekly chemical check on the pool which includes filling the chlor...

  Owning a home means dealing with crisis. And things generally break when it is most inconvenient to repair them causing an elevated sense ...

Repaired Oven with Heating Element And Louis checking it out Elkridge, MD March 25 ,2021 I love it when a plan comes together. Last week, yo...

  The oven broke! It was a serious catastrophe. It happened Wednesday afternoon as Chris was preparing the St Patrick's Day dinner. She ...

Grasses in the Truck, Crushed Down Elkridge, MD March 5, 2020 It seems that good work begets more work! Thursday afternoon the weath...

LG Dryer with the Top and Electronics Removed The holiday project was replacing parts on the 10-year old dryer to get the heat back up ...