Notes from my patio

[Pinky]

If I had a yard like yours, I'd sit out there all day .. thank you for sharing

 

[Medusa]

I'm in Fullerton, so, very close to your old home. We originally had redwood grapestake fence. The posts kept rotting away so we went for concrete.

I'm kind of overwhelmed by the responses. I didn't expect that many. Thank you all.

My wife liked wind chimes, so we had a few. I still have 3 of them.

I've patched them up over the years. The bamboo one clacks, the big one gongs and the little one tinkles. I'm 15 miles from the ocean and usually about noon an onshore breeze kicks in. I like them. When we get a strong Santa Ana wind from the mountains, they really clatter.

Those are so nice.
I love wind chimes too. And I miss the Santa Anas. 🌬

 

[Fritz]

There's an old fruitless mulberry tree in the back yard.

It was there when we bought the house in '67. I remember scolding my oldest son for trying to climb it because it was so small. I fell out of it once while pruning. I kicked the ladder out of the way and fell flat on my face. It knocked me cold. My younger son heard the ladder fall and found me. The paramedics hauled me to emergency where they took xrays found nothing wrong. Luckily I didn't fall on the saw I was holding in my hand. I got a safety lecture from my wife.

When my granddaughter came along I hung a swing from it that she loved. I enjoyed it too.

Oh my goodness! Such an adventure!

 

[hollydolly]

I still use a fountain pen in my log each day. Writing helps keep me relatively sane.

Me too..I don't use a fountain pen but I write in a journal in long hand every day.....

 

[hollydolly]

Thank you. I built the picnic table from scratch. It's all redwood.

It's a beauty, you're very talented

 

[horseless carriage]

You can't better writing with a pen. There's no e-quill.

 

[hollydolly]

You can't better writing with a pen. There's no e-quill.

very clever...