The one thing I'm really not happy about with my house is that most of the yard slopes,
Terracing?
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Sep 26, 2010 6:40:56 pm PDT #26220 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
-t - Sep 26, 2010 6:44:47 pm PDT #26221 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have a container water garden in the back. It's pretty low maintenance. Even stuck a solar powered fountain in it for anti-mosquito agitating and pleasant gurgly noises.
My yard in general is neglected beyond the point where most people would still call it benign, so the fact that the water garden is as happy as it is speaks to its low maintenance nature.
Terraces, Zen! I love terraces. The way they look, anyway; I suspect I would not want to do all the moving of earth required to set them up. But so pretty!
Trudy Booth - Sep 26, 2010 6:47:29 pm PDT #26222 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
See, I love beautiful, serene backyard pondlets with plant life, but our backyard is mosquitoville ANYWAY, so I would not want to provide them with a big ol' maternity ward.
Maybe with a little waterfall or fountain you could be skeeterless? My mom had something like this: [link]
Trudy Booth - Sep 26, 2010 6:48:55 pm PDT #26223 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
and I think you can put in fishehs to eat the skeeters
Zenkitty - Sep 26, 2010 7:05:57 pm PDT #26224 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
There are fish that eat mosquito larvae that you can put into water features.
Terracing?
I've thought about it! It's a huge job, though, and I'm not sure it's worth it. Like, the west-side yard, which I share with my duplex neighbor, slopes steeply from a narrow flat space next to the house to a narrow flat space that ends in a tall fence between us and the apartment complex next door. The front yard slopes just enough to be annoying, down to a deep wide ditch at the roadfront for stormwater. The east side, also shared, is mostly taken up by tall pine trees, which I love, and the seven feet or so of space between their bed and the house, yes, also slopes. This is the downside of living on a mountain. It's not very attractive, but I don't know what to do with it.
Cass - Sep 26, 2010 7:17:26 pm PDT #26225 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I miss my old tub too, Erin. There's one at my parents' house that I adore when I visit. But I miss my old one and weep I no longer live with it. My fault, I moved away. But I weep.
Four is NOT an age I enjoy. The 4 that I am most often around has discovered Drama and it's such a change from the first years of her life. It's like a mini-teenager who can't fend for herself. I, personally, cannot wait until 5.
Trudy Booth - Sep 26, 2010 7:18:54 pm PDT #26226 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
And you can't even give her weed.
Spidra Webster - Sep 26, 2010 7:20:21 pm PDT #26227 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Many sirens and helicopters for 10 or more minutes now. Can't find out what's going on.
Cass - Sep 26, 2010 7:21:15 pm PDT #26228 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
True.
Sadly.
Spidra Webster - Sep 26, 2010 7:21:53 pm PDT #26229 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Twitter to the rescue. It's a brushfire. Dammit.