Monthly Archives: April 2008

dear mother nature 0

please to not be flash-flooding me until AFTER I have completed all perimeter retaining walls, kthxbai.

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25 . April . 2008 – 11:46 pm
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house house redux 1

I thought clarify some of the influences on the designs (that is, the regional tex-mex influences, architecturally). Plus, don’t forget that pesky floodplain. A few of the things that hem me in when it comes to options:

I can’t increase the house’s footprint in any way. This includes impervious surfaces adjacent except where I can [...]

Categories: exterior style

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21 . April . 2008 – 4:21 pm
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design eyeballs: exteriors 2

If you’ve ever eyeballed a house and said, “something’s not right about that,” then please look this way as well. Gotta figure out what to do, and could use some extra input.
Bottom line is this: the brick archways in front of the house — some contractor’s measly attempt at arched spanish/tuscan style veranda — are [...]

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21 . April . 2008 – 1:44 am
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That would be ‘native’ in a BOTANICAL sense, moron. 1

Productive over the past week (somewhat). Well, not really, unless you count quantity.
Just today, brought back a quarter-ton of road base, along with a stretch of geotextile fabric and 10′ perforated tube so I can finally do the french drain. Then set up a compost pile — three old fence boards laid over concrete block, [...]

Categories: gardening, landscaping

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19 . April . 2008 – 10:52 pm
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welcome to the wild kingdom 0

We just had a guest come through. Anyone recognize it? Not like CP was gonna ask; he mostly held back, making comments like, “no, I don’t know what kind of snake it is, and I’m sure as hell not going to ASK it, either.”

Larger image here. (Click on “all sizes” to embiggen.)
ETA: it ended up [...]

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6 . April . 2008 – 3:09 pm
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By k2