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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
posted by Kristin | filed under Exterior | 10 Comments
We’ve been having trouble with the gutter over the back steps since we moved in, which was more than three years ago now.
Twice already, Darwin has installed temporary fixes to delay the inevitable gutter replacement, but for the past few months whenever it rains, it pours - literally. Right out of the split […]
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Eutaw, Exterior | 6 Comments
A forever or two ago, we found a Victorian screen door in our attic, but I never thought too hard about re-installing it. We already had a modern screen door on the back door, and a screen door on the front of the house seemed vaguely strange to me in these modern times.
But then […]
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Uncategorized, Pets, Exterior | 5 Comments
In this week’s Celebrity Death Match, we’re pitting two hard-hitting competitors against each other in a duel for the top prize - being the place where Millie Francis curls up to shelter from the wily winter winds.
In the left corner, we have Swamp Cabin. Built from cinderblocks, scrap tin - and a little pluck […]
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Eutaw, Exterior | 7 Comments
One evening last week, Darwin was crouching in the overlong grass of our back yard, trying to replace a part on the dying-one-piece-at-time riding lawnmower he and my dad dubbed Katrina. (The lawnmower - bought new only a few weeks before the hurricane - was found upside down on the wreckage left of my […]
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Exterior | 4 Comments
Tasty, tas-ayyyy!
Around here, the fig tree is considered an old-timey plant, something most often found in grandmothers’ side yards. Our house’s previous owner was a grandmother, and the fig tree is in the side yard, so I guess that fits.
Our fig tree is the biggest one I’ve ever seen and bears tons of fruit. […]
