It's Earth Day today. Professional tree trimmers are cutting down a huge, lovely old maple tree in the front yard to the right of my house (wa-a-a-a-ah!), while in the yard to the left of my house, installers are putting up solar panels to heat the neighbors' swimming pool.Earth Day environment trees solar panels EditorMom
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Aiieee!
I don't get single-family swimming pools. I live in Texas, so I definitely understand the appeal of water to bask in. And if swimming daily is one's fitness regimen, a home pool makes sense.
But I'm astonished when visitors eye our backyard and tell us we "need" a pool to fill all that green space. We live half a mile from an excellent neighborhood pool that costs a couple hundred bucks a year in fees, requires no maintenance on my part, and doesn't raise my homeowner's insurance rates.
But a lot of the homes right around the neighborhood pool--many of which are also next to a creek--have backyard pools of their own. Don't get it.
It's sad that beautiful old trees pose a threat to our homes and our neighbors homes. I had to get rid of some really old trees entirely after I bought my house. I did plant a peach tree after that.
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