Found in the Back Yard

During June and July this year we have focused our attention on the small hill in the back yard, along the side street. It is a hill, of course, only from the perspective of the lower yard behind it; its top is actually at street level. The hill hides miscellaneous rubble — broken pieces of [...]

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The Moon Flower, Again

A storm was predicted for last night, so we forced ourselves to complete several yard tasks yesterday that would be best done before the rain came. We altered a contour in the front yard to help direct water away from the house and down into the grass below, and removed still more English ivy from [...]

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Weeds or Wild Flowers

According to Saint-Exupéry, the Little Prince’s little planet was constantly in danger of being overwhelmed by baobabs. I mention this only because we spent another morning pulling English ivy out of another part of our yard, and I have developed considerable sympathy for the Prince’s plight. I know that there are those who love English [...]

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Windows, episode 2

Continuing the story … We moved on to the southeast window. We already knew that this window was going to be a problem. When we took the shade down we discovered that the glass in the upper sash ended about 1/4 inch below the upper sash frame. No wonder this room is drafty. At some [...]

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Earth Day 2009

Earth Day 2009 has slipped by us, nearly unnoticed. Rain for the past few days, and today, has kept us more inside this week than we had intended. More yard cleaning, more planting, more walking about in the lower yard, were what we had in mind. Instead we have worked inside. But the day actually [...]

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