The weather’s been great, so we’ve been tackling some outdoor projects. This cinder-block chimney faces our side-patio –it’s in good shape, but just looks grubby and unloved. Painting is a (relatively) quick fix, but a big difference-maker. You can see how yellowed the ‘white’ paint had become. After a thorough scrub, Karen (I leave most …
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Tag Archives: side yard
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all white now
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bird feeder
You don’t get much for under twenty bucks these days, but you can get this bird feeder, from CB2. Very much our colors too, so we had to snap it up. It just arrived, and we hung it on an existing hook by our side patio. Final destination TBD but I kinda like it there. …
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getting greener
Coming from England, it feels like summer has arrived. But this is spring, and it will get a lot hotter –even hotter than the 105 (or so) degrees we got on our arrival, late last August. Anyhow, our brief winter is firmly in the rear-view, and the landscape is changing. Our cherry tree is filling …
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globe back
We inherited lots of original globe lights, as I mentioned. Having toured several neighbors’ homes, I’m thinking all the globes survived, apart from one, by our side patio. In its place, this lattice-clad monstrosity, which is more expensive than it looks. That’s not difficult. Obviously this had to go. Luckily, we also inherited a spare …
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patio planting
Our side patio – overlooked by living area, office and master bedroom – is where we spend most of our outdoor time. And it was probably the neatest outside area to begin with. So much so, we haven’t really done anything to it…apart from battle the leaf problem. Until now. Remember those couple of shrubs …
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tree city
Sacramento is nicknamed city of trees, so we were prepared. We just didn’t bank on so many being in our yard. We removed the only real problem tree, as I mentioned, but there are more on our hit-list. And things could have been far worse. This 2011 Google Streetview pic clearly shows the trees had …
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wires
We keep noticing random wires all over the place. Not live electricity, just a legacy of lazy wiring for phones, alarm components etc. No doubt typical for a property of this age, but a trend we’d like to end. So, we set about tackling some of them. The white wire above has been nagging at …
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no more curtains
We don’t like curtains at the best of times, so we reacted badly to these odd-looking specimens, attached to the beam outside our master bedroom. And when I say outside, I mean outside. Like, outside the house. Bizarre right? They do have a purpose; to block the strong afternoon sun. Actually, it seriously heats up …
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