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BlackSkimmer

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27. I'm on a corner too. I've always loved bricks.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 08:55 PM
Jun 2023

it's like an addiction. My friends joke that everywhere I've lived there's a path of bricks left behind. When I see them abandoned at a building site, I'll get out and pick them up, no matter how many. The last birthday before my mom died, she bought me a pallet. I was thrilled.

I always say I'm going to roll up the paths and take them with me, but of course it doesn't work that way. Getting older now and the work is more difficult, but I still love it.

Yes, I love the curves you have in the path...I try to do that as well, plus I like to let the bricks follow any little ups and downs.

The boxwoods are great, and I love what I can see of the little statuaries. You designed that yard beautifully.

I find statues at thrift stores, and sometimes in trash piles. But I have a namaste frog that I bought, a mermaid, a large stone turtle...I could spend all day in a garden catalog. Are you familiar with windandweather.com?

If not, do NOT check it out lol. Those catalogs are like crack to me! Don't do it.

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You are so kind! NewHendoLib Jun 2023 #1
Cograts and I will listen soon! Celerity Jun 2023 #4
Congrats! Well done. paleotn Jun 2023 #10
Link JHB Jun 2023 #2
Thanks malaise Jun 2023 #3
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Love that we can now choose recordings of individual segments Hortensis Jun 2023 #5
r&k Excellent. ❤ MerryBlooms Jun 2023 #6
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Yeah! Way to go, NewHendoLib MLAA Jun 2023 #9
That's terrific!!!! PCIntern Jun 2023 #12
Very Cool! ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #13
I have great luck in pots. BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #18
I Even Tried... ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #20
Yes, that sounds challenging. Tomato plants are amazingly hardy though. BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #21
Did That ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #22
Oh dear. Frustrating. I have had bad years, so I understand. BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #23
The Right Plants ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #24
Oh, that's lovely! BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #25
I Did NONE Of The Brick Work ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #26
I'm on a corner too. I've always loved bricks. BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #27
Great job!! AmBlue Jun 2023 #14
Really great project and show!!!! Tumbulu Jun 2023 #15
r&k Excellent. ❤ MerryBlooms Jun 2023 #17
Cool beanz! phrigndumass Jun 2023 #19
Interesting! You & your co-founder all these years. And volunteers. Quite a Project! electric_blue68 Jun 2023 #28
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