tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post3892712268032182926..comments2024-03-27T04:00:02.294-04:00Comments on EditorMom: Sad JuxtapositionKatharine O'Moore-Klopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-35002633693735908692009-05-15T07:15:00.000-04:002009-05-15T07:15:00.000-04:00It's sad that beautiful old trees pose a threat to...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.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-64280856849794828662009-04-23T10:09:00.000-04:002009-04-23T10:09:00.000-04:00Aiieee!
I don't get single-family swimming pools...Aiieee! <br /><br />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.<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.Caseyhttp://redneckmother.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com