Some cheap(and green!) wall art

25Sep08

I buy an Ansel Adams calendar every year(after Christmas, of course, when they’re 50% off!) and this past Christmas, as I was getting ready to recycle the calendar, it occurred to me that it’s kind of a shame to throw away these lovely black and white pictures, which are on nice, heavy duty paper. [...]

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Our poor, pitiful backyard

21Aug08

When we moved into this house, it had obviously been quite some time since anyone had taken care of the lawn(if you can call it that!). Probably 99% of the vegetation was weeds.
Exhibit A:

I suppose the cheapest thing to do with a yard like this is to leave it, but a nice lawn makes [...]

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