Fountain

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Hermit

This is the floating solar powered fountain in the pond. It also aerates.

It is made with a 24 volt deep well pump, mounted in a perforated plastic bucket using a pool funoodle float wrapped around the top.

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Another Project for the Pond

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Hermit
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Uncanny Eyes

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Hermit

Just a little project to pass time.

Human

Dragon

Doe-eyes

I’ll Be Back!

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Boat Building

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Hermit

I am building a small jonboat for my daughter’s pond.

It is just 8 feet long. Mostly plywood.

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Spring Peepers Have Arrived

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Hermit

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A Del Quote (to go with Bearclaw’s)

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Hermit

“The Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world. . . I ain’t never seen ‘em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is foothills, and the Alps is for children to climb!…These here is God’s finest sculpturings! And there ain’t no laws for the brave ones! And there ain’t no asylums for the crazy ones! And there ain’t no churches except for this right here! And there ain’t no priests excepting the birds! By God, I are a mountain man, and I’ll live ‘til an arrow or a bullet finds me!” – Del Gue…

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Ostara

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Hermit

“March is a green, muddy month down below. Some folks like it. Farmers mostly.” -Bearclaw Chris Lapp

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I HAVE A THEME SONG

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Hermit

I created The Pithole Hermit theme song using Suno AI.
Turned out pretty good.

https://suno.com/song/0a113c52-c97a-425e-94aa-a06e962acb7c

Here is another my daughter created.

https://suno.com/song/ebf333fb-8fdf-4530-bd07-181bcf7571b3

One more I made about Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Two hobbies of mine.

https://suno.com/song/1ae1c319-b3e2-40d6-9925-1e01bd362e69?sh=CYU8ym0qu83R7DA4…

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A Trapper’s Christmas Eve

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Hermit

The Hermit performs Robert W. Service’s A Trapper’s Christmas Eve on Christmas Eve in the bitter cold.…

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I call it The Sand Wich Project

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Hermit
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