Category: The House
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Backyard Update
Since people keep asking, here’s the latest with our newly acquired backyard. We took over the street and caused a lot of noise with a recent job to remove a very large, old pecan tree. The tree was leaning a lot, dropping lots of big branches, and was one bad storm away from falling on…
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Manifest Destiny
Go West, young man, go West! West we went this weekend, extending our (nonexistent) backyard by 0.06 acres! Leo and I bought the house completely satisfied with the small yard, mostly because we hate mowing laws, and had big visions for landscaping. But we did ponder the yard behind us, wondering if someday we might…
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A Yard Day’s Work
The lot on which our house is built was vacant for decades. Left to their own devices, the trees were slowly succumbing to ivy. Leo and I recently decided it was time to attack this plant, which was slowly smothering our arbor friends. It was a jungle out there, but we did some damage. Before…
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All Thumbs, None Green
Our yard is small. And we’re OK with that. While our big landscaping plan is coming next year, for now we’ve decided to plant just a few things. So far, we’ve planted a gold-specked something or other by the AC to soak up the excess condensation water over there and a rosemary bush, plus a…
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The Joys of Home Ownership
I love owning a house. The phrase “the joys of home ownership” is often said with sarcasm among our late 20s, early 30s friends, who are also now purchasing homes and finding such “joys” as leaky roofs, broken water heaters and more. It’s so commonly repeated that my colleagues and I (all new homeowners) have…
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Hardware Store Switch
It’s funny how the hardware store seems much more interesting place now that we own a house. Photo by Dru Bloomfield.