Many college students are already out of school for the summer and many more students will be released in the coming weeks. You know what that means…long days at the beach, backyard barbeques, and hot summer nights. However, even though the carefree summer days are almost upon us, there are some precautions you should take. Check out the three labels you should be paying attention to this summer.1. Sunscreen labels. While you may think that sunscreen labels haven’t changed much, a closer look will show t... read more »
Last year, when we had our new house built, we initially wanted a paver patio with a wall. Then after further consderation, we opted not to have the builder install the patio. We figured we would take some time and look around at patio flooring options.We are so happy with our patio; the shape, size, type of paver used. It looks like stone but is actually a paver. We had the guys dig out an area completely around the patio so we could put in shrubs and other plants. We still like that idea but now we ar... read more »
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The weather is still humid here in this corner of the Middle East. I just wish I was surrounded by some lush greenery to warmly embrace the gentle breeze that would sometime sweep across a balmy day like back in my home town, in the sub continent. Since we live in an apartment here ,I cannot even think about being in a garden.There is no kind of loam on my block as everything around is paved.More over there’s barely space to keep flower pots on the terrace .However the only time I get an opportunity to w... read more »
You know it's about time to add food to the feeder when... What does it take to get a little service around here... There have been times when I would go outside and not think there was a squirrel in sight, until....one jumps out of the feeder. I've also seen starlings poke their beaks inside the squirrel feeder to get some seeds. One of these days, I'll be quick enough and get a picture of them doing it. read more »
I heard a lot noise outside the other morning and when I went to look, I caught these guys on our back patio ... I threw out some stale bread for the birds and this mom decided that it would be a great meal for her babies. They followed her all over the yard trying to get their fair share. They even ended up on our barbeque AND on the handle of our power edger (Yes, lined up in a nice row with mommy in the middle)! Unfortunately, by the time I got the camera, they had moved to the patio. read more »
My wife and daughter were outside the other night refilling the bird feeders, when all of a sudden four objects came flying down from our roof. Heedless to the fact that there were people only a few feet away, they were determined to satisfy their hunger. Since I didn't want walk out and scare them away, here's a photo taken (sorry for the fuzziness) from our kitchen window of 2 of the ducks (with a gratuitous butt shot of a third) :-)... These guys stuck around the entire time that my wife and da... read more »
Well, my wife went and did it and now we have to pay the consequences! We have been having a multitude of Goldfinch coming and eating their thistle seed which, by the way, is pretty darn expensive. It had gotten so busy at the feeders, that they were actually eating off of the ground, which Goldfinch usually do not do. So, one her way back from work last Saturday, my wife picked-up another Shepherd's Hook and some thistle socks to add some feeding stations for the Goldfinch. Well, it didn't take more t... read more »
