Well Instagram  ruined blogging for me. Why spend 30 minutes coding, writing and updating a blog when you can post a pic in two seconds ...

Hard to believe that it's been almost a year since I last posted anything on this blog. It's not that we haven't been tending to...

The obligatory pool shot: inviting and so irresistible, especially as we're into a streak of hot summer days. Time to don the Oliver Peo...

Severe thunderstorms, scattered thunderstorms and isolated thunderstorms until Sunday. After that it'll probably just rain until Labor D...

What connects a cleat, boats and the Cool House pool ? Take a boat or dock cleat. Fasten it to two 3-4" long screws Push screws t...

Three days running around. Three hardware stores to find one that sells the correct screw size; one swimming pool supply store who sent us t...

Re: the connection between the object (identified correctly as a boat or dock cleat) and the pool , plus the purpose of a 3" cleat on ...

Between this this and these Bonus questions: What is the object in the first photo? What do we use it for? Where can I find a replacement? F...

Monday AM edition:   pots of purple basil and oregano added to herb garden     Tomatoes, peppers, basil, lemon balm and cilantro in th...

Ok, so we have a few things to get done this weekend: 1) Tackle the new hole the blasted woodpecker has made in the post by the front door...

Now that we're no longer using the pool nature has taken over...

See that blue water? Pristine blue water? Do you want to know why it looks like that? I'll tell you. Because no one has put so much as a...

When I wrote this a couple of weeks ago I mentioned there might be a problem with the pump. Well two days, a new pump, new timer and some t...

But no one will be swimming in it for a while unless they are crazy a member of this club . It's freezing out there. We The Guy starte...

No not my better half snoring. It sounded like a nail gun compressor, or the power-washer when you've switched it off but haven't un...

White Rhododendron Originally uploaded by modernemama I asked myself at the start of this long weekend . These were the outside ch...