Those are so nice.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.
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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.
Oh my goodness! Such an adventure!There's an old fruitless mulberry tree in the back yard.
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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.
Me too..I don't use a fountain pen but I write in a journal in long hand every day.....I still use a fountain pen in my log each day. Writing helps keep me relatively sane.
It's a beauty, you're very talentedThank you. I built the picnic table from scratch. It's all redwood.
very clever...You can't better writing with a pen. There's no e-quill.
I enjoy a mild Santa Ana condition when it's a warm dry breeze. But, when it really blows it kicks up a lot of dust and almost inevitably there are brush fires and smoke.Those are so nice.
I love wind chimes too. And I miss the Santa Anas. 🌬
Oh yeah... the fires. I'd forgotten about those.I enjoy a mild Santa Ana condition when it's a warm dry breeze. But, when it really blows it kicks up a lot of dust and almost inevitably there are brush fires and smoke.
I found I have to keep them dead headed or they look messy.Most people I know don’t like Geraniums, and as I live in a very dry part of Australia
( SA the driest state in Aust )
I never understand why , I love them and have about 20 in pots and in the garden I think that are beautiful , @Grampa Don
not many seem to plant colourful plants anymore , ~ its more like ugly dry / half dead grass like plants , I like a little colour and greenery …no one plants lawn anymore ..so many gardens are dry and arid
Your backyard looks so relaxing Don
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I was a pipe smoker in my 20's and 30's. I quit then for health reasons. But, I kept the pipes. Now I'm in my 80's. About a year ago I thought about them and decided that at this stage of my life it was probably too late for smoking a pipe to make much difference. So, I tried them again.Are you are pipe smoker?