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This homeowner is taking ‘Boat Planter’ to a whole new elitist level. I have seen rowboats and canoes made into planters, but this motorboat is a first. It is hard to tell what year it is because all the interior appointments are covered with dirt. I looked up Starfire and they make several varieties ... hard top, soft top, no top and yachts. This is probably a ‘no top’... at least it is now. I’m guessing a model made in the 1980’s. The nice thing about fiberglass is that it stands up to the weather. I am afraid they are going to try to steal the market away from my ‘Garbage Truck Planters’, which frankly are not selling too well. Someone spread a wicked rumor that they are trashy.
If you are interested in the flowers, I think the plants are Impatients. Any corrections are welcome. Have a nice weekend.
It is fitting that Henry Morgan's 5th Birthday comes on American Independence Day. He is a very independent cat!
The rich colour of this striking lily sure reminds me of red wine. It was captured during a very dry period and the homeowner had just watered it.
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Just because I love finding Halloween decorated houses & yards
Am not sure you can see them but these homeowners even put smaller skeletons in each of the windows flower boxes
The raccoon is a mammal native to North America. It is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 to 28 in), and a body weight of 5 to 26 kg (11 to 57 lb). Its grayish coat mostly consists of dense underfur, which insulates it against cold weather. The animal's most distinctive features include its extremely dexterous front paws, its facial mask, and its ringed tail, which are common themes in the mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas surrounding the species. The raccoon is noted for its intelligence, as studies show that it is able to remember the solution to tasks for at least three years. It is usually nocturnal and omnivorous, eating about 40% invertebrates, 33% plants, and 27% vertebrates.
The original habitats of the raccoon are deciduous and mixed forests, but due to their adaptability, they have extended their range to mountainous areas, coastal marshes, and urban areas, where some homeowners consider them to be pests. As a result of escapes and deliberate introductions in the mid-20th century, raccoons are now also distributed across central Europe, the Caucasus, and Japan. (Wikipedia)
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This raccoon decided it was time to wake up from his winter hibernation and came out to enjoy an early spring day. We were very surprised to see that he was missing his entire striped tail. The loss did not seem to hamper his agility though as he bounded up this tree.
Petrie island, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. April 2024.
Some lucky homeowners at Appledore. Who could ask for a better view of the sea!
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The proud homeowner saw me taking photos and invited me to come into the yard to get a closer look. I declined but appreciated the invitation which tells of his glee in his decorating skills. He was pleased that I noted the changes in his annual display.
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dear 2015 me,
i was caught trespassing on someone's property but i really didn't care becauseeeee i was there for like 5-10 mins.
i was being watched from the homeowner's window hahahahhaha.
running through the fields in Hanover, VA
These homeowners have created landscaping on their country property as beautiful as just about any that I have seen. I paused here on May 16, 2018 for some photos while returning home from the Big Boy Cruise-in at nearby Brooklyn, a pleasant small town in southeast Michigan's Jackson County.
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No dark cloud on the horizon daunts you when you know you own a home to share with someone you are in love with
Homeowner has fright? Hmm...I'll have to work on that one!
After 2 trips during the early part of the storm on Saturday, I vowed not to leave the house again. I crocheted the rest of the day while listening to the Nutcracker on vinyl and drinking bourbon spiked hot chocolate.
After I was already in bed, I realized I had to get something out of the car. I'm glad I was forced to go out because the sky was this amazing shade of orange and everything was coated in ice. The wind was blowing the trees sounded like a million ice cubes clinking in a glass. It was magical.
DEAR HONORABLE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA,
The pictured above realtor signage are engulfing my street and neighborhood.
PLEASE, Sir, place on the agenda an urgency and high priority of HOUSING ECONOMICS, so that the young and the retired senior citizen homeowners can stay in their prized possessions....their hard owned homes.
Thank you.
Below, is one the many sad scenes that I have witnessed this year. Please let me share it with you.
Thank you for your compassion, and congratulations on your election.
FORECLOSURE...FORECLOSURE....FORECLOSURE.....FORECLOSURE
by
James Hiram Malone
TODAY IS TUESDAY. Atlanta's sun beams brightly down on a displaced furniture pile on the front lawn of a family's residence. The mountainous array of items evicted from the now empty house have no privacy. A great big Atlanta blue sky is the roof over the household personal belongings.
YESTERDAY WAS MONDAY. Every piece of the now open-air furniture was neatly and functionally arranged in that now abandoned seven room house. The sleep-good full size bed, matching dresser, and the chest of drawers that passers-by gawk at, once held fort in a ten foot by twelve foot upstairs bedroom. Nearby, on the grass, an electric alarm clock, whose face reflects the sun rays is set at six am as it was on the family's night table.
TODAY, TUESDAY, the open door refrigerator is bringing slow death of the freezer foods. Water drains like life's blood from the box and vapor steams wave to the waiting sky. The popular king-pin refrigerator that once coolly cornered the nine by nine foot kitchen succumbs to the heat of the day.
The leaning-on-the-side stove fizzes an aroma of gas that escapes from a dangling unplugged coil outlet. Circling flies engage in fierce battle as they hover over food remnants on dishpan plates. A laundry basket longing for soapsuds testifies that this home dweller was taken by surprise.
A tossed-on-its-back lounger, crushed under the impact of pots, pans and table lamps, misses being in that thirteen by thirteen foot living room in front of that TV set. And this unplugged TV electronic device screen now reflects and focuses all-day news to the pedestrians gawking at the front lawn's disarray. This is the picture of the tragedy of a family that got lost in the budget crunch economy and received foreclosure notice and was evicted to the streets.
A round dining room table strained with books, jars, cleaning supplies remembers being loaded down with plates of food in that nine by nine foot dining room. And especially on holidays. Unopened gallon cans of beige interior wall paint, a hammer, nails, screwdriver will not decorate and repair the house, scatter leisurely on the lawn. An ironing board, relaxes forlornly under the heat of the sun. Various brands of alcoholic beverage bottles and glasses lay huddle together, ready for another Saturday night party.
Flung-out-of-the-closets, mother-of-the-house dresses and father-of-the house suits lay wrinkled on top of an empty bookcase. Walking, jogging and playing family shoes lay inactive in the corner of the lawn. Ripped-from-the-windows, curtains, shades, now not giving privacy to household items, resign themselves in the shrubberies.
Pages of photo album leap out family memories onto the lawn. Baby Molly's first steps and grandma's birthday. Children's dolls, trains, checkers say “Come play with me!” Banged-up card table and scattered playing cards miss Uncle Joe's laughing, “I bid six!”
Broken picture frames, flower pots, and spilled prescription medicines onto the lawn suggest the movers were not sympathetic in evicting the family.
Pedestrians and motorists later seeing the AUCTION sign, mutter, “Ain't it a shame,” knowing full well that FORECLOSURE can happen to them without a moment's notice.
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a little house wren has decided to make her home in the nesting box down in the peach tree on our front lawn.
Our homeowners' association held a block party Saturday night to allow the residents a chance to get acquainted. The company and food were both good and conversations lasted until after the moon rise. I had brought out my camera to take photos of three precious babies (those photos yet to come) so when someone noticed the moon rising over the trees I was ready - or as ready as one can be with no tripod nor high powered lens.
I wish you all a good week!
Chris & Kati purchased their first house together.
I swung by after a photoshoot for a local gun shop, and stopping by a buddy's tuner shop.
First visitor - first official photo.
Congrats!
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Homeowners and landscaping contractors drop off trailerloads of broken limbs and fallen branches at Dripping Springs Ranch Park on Monday, February 13th, 2023 in the aftermath of Winter Storm Mara.
And relax! Me in my 20's (with hair!) enjoying a hot july vacation, scanned from 35mm Kodak print. Taken, I think, on Canon AE1-program kodachrome. Director's chair was a present off my Auntie. The Pyracantha bush was soon chopped down as it was full of huge sharp thorns.
Homeowner mural on alley off Indian School Road NE in Alvarado Park neighborhood near Uptown in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Homeowner mural facing Indian School Road NE in Alvarado Park neighborhood near Uptown in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Homeowner's Associations (HOA) are a uniquely American Invention, that seems un-American. It is a group of people who tell you what you can and can't do on property that you own, and you pay them for the privilege. In exchange for this intrusiveness they are supposed to do things like trim the weeds around the lake. As you can see an epic fail.
The Scale of Decor Decisions
The homeowner has clearly rejected the tyranny of the garden gnome, opting instead for a piece that demands attention and maybe a little fear from the mail carrier. This enormous, imposing, and rather stern-looking bronze (or bronze-effect) dragon is perched upon a perfectly circular bed of grey, crushed aggregate, giving the distinct impression that it just landed from incinerating a neighboring suburb and decided this was a suitable spot to take a breather. It certainly establishes an unmistakable tone: "Welcome to my home. Also, I may be a wizard." The stark contrast between the ferocious, textured mythological beast and the utterly anodyne, beige and brown, semi-detached bungalow backdrop is the real triumph here. It's the visual equivalent of serving flaming Bananas Foster on a paper plate.
Architectural Ambivalence
The architecture itself seems to be actively trying to fade into the background, sporting large, bland windows and a color palette best described as "frequently overlooked." The house acts as the ultimate straight man to the dragon's theatrical performance. It’s as if the dragon insisted, "I need a minimalist, non-distracting canvas for my epicness," and the house dutifully replied, "Yes, my lord, how about more beige?" The entire setup suggests a homeowner with an incredibly imaginative inner life whose exterior taste only extends to the mythological. One has to admire the dedication—who needs hydrangeas when you can have a brooding, winged reptile guarding your PVC window frames?
Curb Appeal: The Dragon Clause
Regarding "curb appeal," this installation doesn't so much appeal as it issues a stern warning. While most people strive for a look that says "We have good schools and a healthy lawn," this garden screams, "We have a dragon, and possibly a horde of pilfered gold in the garage." It's a glorious act of homeowner defiance, a monumental "no, thank you" to tasteful landscaping magazines. The practicality is also impressive: imagine the conversations! "Oh, it's the third house past the turn, you can't miss it, it's the one guarded by the enormous, terrifying creature of legend." It’s low-maintenance, high-impact decor, and one can only hope that they have equally dramatic interior design choices.
Even night falls in paradise... Here shows 2 of my 3 king palms out front. I just had the larger one delivered during the morning. With the size of the tree and delivery, the cost is a bit high but worth it to me since I can't possibly transport that in my car, let alone carry or move it on my own! I bought this king palm tree from the All Tropical Palms Nursery located down in Gilroy, CA, just off of the 101 freeway. I think I found my favorite palm tree nursery. They even have the palm that I wanted and it's hard to find at other stores (kentia palms). I am definitely going back again for more plants or trees in the near future! (Saturday early evening, June 21, 2025)
*More about this palm: Its multi-colored trunk, clean appearance, and dark green fronds have made the King Palm, a popular choice for homeowners in California. When it comes to color, the King Palm is one of the best palm varieties. The trunk is smooth with a lime-green crown shaft, which is a collection of leaf bases of the plant all wrapped around one another. As the King Palm grows the oldest fronds pull away from the trunk exposing the brown trunk with growth rings. At the top, dark-green palm fronds rarely drop below the crown shaft adding a rich color that makes the lime-green crown shaft pop. King Palms are some of the best palms to plant around pools, in tropical landscape designs, or as focal points in front of a home for a 'wow' factor. As the King Palm develops, it does produce a great canopy of shade. Native to Queensland tropical rainforests in Australia, the King Palm requires minimal maintenance, are extremely hardy, drought-resistant (when established and mature), but also require good amounts of water to keep its lush green look. In the wild, these can reach 40 to 80 feet tall over time with a top frond spread of 10 to 15 feet across! This palm tree can live up to 150 years, which is a positive feature in city and urban areas that need less tree replacement and more consistent growth.
Homeowner talking with FDNY Firemen about an electrical issue after power-line was knocked out by tree falling down.
We did it. We bought a house. In San Francisco. It's a bit hard to believe for us as well to own a bit of land on the other side of the world - but we now got the keys in our pockets. There will be a ton more photos of the house, the neighborhood, and the views from the property. Good Bye Russian Hill, Hello lovely Bernalwood.
Seen at the Skansen Folk Museum in Stockholm. This woman is dressed as a 1920s-30s allotment owner. The hut behind her sits on a garden plot where working class families spent the summer while they tended their allotment gardens.
More information on allotment huts at Skansen can be found here.
Homeowner casually cleans his house, using the fleeting rays of sunlight the day has yet to put out.
Bathroom reno from May 11 (demolition day ) to July (?), 2023.
Goodbye, '90s. Everything except the hardwood flooring and oak baseboards was removed from this half-bathroom on May 11: a toilet, oak wall-hung cabinet, six-sided oak vanity w/2 drawers and arborite top, 3 mirrors, sink and faucet. Apart from the hardwood floor, only the light fixture, wallplates and switches are staying.
The homeowner will not be replacing the cabinet above the toilet, because a new one was too costly, and not necessary in this room, anyway.
Today, the toilet and faucet were installed. Dual-flush one-piece toilet, w/top-mounted pushbuttons, is "Florence" by Neptune. Chrome swivel faucet is "Essence", by Grohe. The old faucet did not swivel, which made sink-cleaning more of a chore. For this reason, the homeowner chose a faucet that swivels.
The bathroom is now useable again, but sadly, instead of being all but done, the project is weeks away from completion due to the mistake that was made with the quartz sample, which impacted the choice of tile for the backsplash. It’ll be 2-3 weeks . . . . maybe . . . . before alternate tile and grout can be selected and the order arrives in Regina. The contractor doesn’t want to hang the mirror and put the light fixture up until after the backsplash is in place. Too bad, so sad for the homeowner, who has to go with the flow.
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To see before and after photos of the reno work in sequence, click on my "FOLLOW THE POWDER ROOM RENO" album.
“One day you could be a homeowner,” he said grasping at the door that wasn’t his but was in a mercurial dream. The door was whispering that he did not own property.
“You don’t own property,” said the duplex. “You’ll never own your own space, loser.”
The young man stood as if to ignore a talking duplex in a world that lacked color because the artist made the grand choice of removing it in lightroom. He imagined a great fire dragon attacking the duplex for insulting him but he knew it was true. He couldn’t afford property let alone a duplex.
“Dick,” he said, walking off to photograph more cool looking homes and buildings, unable to afford them but at least he could photograph their soul.
Homeowners and gardeners often spend lots of money removing tree stumps, but there is a better way how to deal with them. You can turn an old tree stump into an attractive flower planter with a bit of diligent wood-working. It could become the highlight of your yard by filling it with colorful...