Trees are all down; here’s the new view out the front: The trees they cut down were all elms; apparently several of them were diseased, and were going to be coming down one way or another. So I was looking at the view Friday, and wondered – there’s a bike trail up on the top …
Category Archives: House
Neighbours
They’re starting to build in the lot across the street, so we’ll have new neighbours in the spring. That lot was one we’d considered ourselves; not as nice of a view, but huge mature shade trees in the back. Or at least there used to be; they took down several of them this week: That …
Landscaping
We started landscaping the house – got rid of the weeds, put in gravel and irrigation everywhere, and planted a bunch of plants, a few cactus, and an ash tree out front. Some of the power tools they used were scary…. this one digs the trench for the irrigation system. Kind of like the world’s …
May
It’s the end of May already – how did that happen? We’ve been busy unpacking boxes, and buying stuff. How the pioneers lived without amazon.com, I have no idea. The furniture from our old front hall and Curt’s room works in the living room for now – but that’s a *big* room. The dining room …
Ceiling Fans
I don’t like ceiling fans; but in this environment they are useful. But – virtually every fan on the market is ugly. Some (like the one in our old kitchen) are *hideously* ugly. I found this one for the living room – designed to look just like an aircraft propeller, made of real wood: It …