My mother lives in a retirement community and she has a beautiful entrance to her home with a stone walkway. After seing her home and how nice it looked, I decided to use in on my new home as well, Read more…
After a long harsh winter I look forward to getting out in my yard and start sprucing things up in spring. Apparently, the swing set backyard had finally looked old and tired after too many winters. The old big backyard swing set looked like it would collapse and it was time to go…
One thing that can make your house stand out from the rest of your neighbours humble abodes is great design is your front yard landscape. Where I live every evening, many of my neighbours fo for walks in the evening and as I see them walk by they all seem to look at how your yard looks., Read more…
A backyard fountain or waterfall can be a centerpiece of any yard while providing a tranquil relaxing oasis, and also providing a background sound that can reduce noise from closeby neighbours. These days there all types of outdoor water features and choosing one that is right for your space may not take time at all to find what is right for your yard. This will be time well spent considering how significant a change backyard fountains actually make to your living space, Read more…
We have all had the experience before: we cut down a tree and think that the experience is over, only to find a stubborn tree stump that will simply not go away. Figuring out how to remove a tree stump can be an arduous process. Many of us hire professional tree stump removers, but these professionals can charge way too much money. Because they have specialized knowledge, they can charge us hundreds of dollars for tree stump removal. If you are like me, you probably do not have the specialized equipment that they have. I have seen them come in with digging machines, big drills, power saws, stump gringers, chain saws and all kinds of other equipment. They make removing a tree stump look like putting a house. I decided that there had to be a simpler way to do the job, Read more…
There are so many things that we can do to fill our time. Through the years my hobbies have changed based on what stage in life I am in. When I was in high school I loved to sew. I made many of the clothes that I wore and I also sewed some clothing for my friends. I made many gifts using my mother’s sewing machine. When I was in college I did not have the time or the space to sew. I started playing racquetball to fill what spare time I had. As I got older and had a family I did not have the time or the energy for racquetball any more. At that point in my life I was lucky to get everything done that needed to get done so I did not have a great deal of free time. Now my children have grown and I have extra time. I found during the years that they were growing up I neglected my house and garden, Read more….