I am beginning to get the feeling that we don't have much longer to wait and I am glad. You folks who have had such horrid weather surely do deserve an early break from the cold. I hope you can get to ride really soon. I know how much that means to you.
We are hoping to go camping and trail riding in a few weeks. Have to haul a load of hay today. I have already gone to the dump twice this morning and to the thrift shop with a truckload of things my DD left when she moved. Also a few boxes of things I thinned out of my book shelves and closets. My house is small and I can't stand this clutter any more. It is depressing me. I still have several boxes to get rid of and a few more things to go through. Then I can store neatly what is left and I will feel much better.
We have had a hard winter but hopefully it is coming to an end. I'm sure we will will have a few more rounds with it but I think we are winning the fight at last. I am so tired of this cold. Planning my Spring garden has been my therapy. The horses are starting to shed their winter coats so that is a good sign. You can't pay much attention to the weathermen but a horse will never lie.
Elena, I think your patio needs one finishing touch. A water feature. Maybe a simple one just so you can listen to the peaceful sounds of the water as you drink your coffee. There is nothing like it.
Shoot, girl, I have fountains all over the place. Actually we have to blow them out about every 3 days with the leaf blower because of the tiger mosquitos that multiply so rapidly. We have it down now to 3 fountains and 3 bird baths and they are a lot of trouble to keep clean. I have one more that I bought (A hanging one) and decided that I didn't want another one to clean after all. I am trying to think of how to use it inside now.
If you don't have fish or plants in them you can just put a bit of bleach in them and kill the "wiggle tails". But if any of them are large enough you can just put a few gold fish in them and they will eat the mosquito eggs.
Have you posted pics and I have missed them?
I had a 300 gallon pond with a water fall when we lived down the bayou in mosquito heaven. The fish kept the wiggle tails eaten with no problem and I only had about
10 of those feeder goldfish, 2 algae eaters and 1 perch my DS caught out of the bayou. It would take crickets out of our hands.
Hubby he prefers blowing them out because he likes the water to be trash free. Our birds are very particular about where they bathe.
The first post in Trash to Treasures is one of my fountains. http://thegatheringplacehome.myfastforum.org/about2127.html
That one was actually a trash to treasure find also. I found it at a close out house and yard sale out in the yard, half covered with a trash, dirt and leaves over the years accumulation. It was in seperate pieces and we actually dug it all out. I need to add that to the discription over there. It was in terrible shape and we repaired the huge crack in the lower one and I printed it to match my others. Yes, the statue was buried under the debris too.
Strangly I have never posted pictures of the others since I am always trying to show something else. Surely I have some in old photos. I will make a search one day if I can remember it.
All of my outside chairs, tables, etc. have been trash to treasures finds. Guess I need to pull that together pretty soon and show those. I seldom buy anything new or at regular price.
Was the fountain dry in that pic? Great find. I go more for the simple rather than the ornate. I still mourn for the pond I left behind but life goes on.
It appears to be dry. He lets it dry out completely before adding water back because those larva hide out in the tiniest bit of water.
I always went for simple too but you can't beat almost free. I work my decor into whatever comes my way.
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