Removing curb for driveway

Well, that was smart, BBB!

During this brief intermission, would you all like to see what I've done to the INSIDE of the house?




You would! Great!



Oh I knew you'd say that!




The colors are a little off, I took these on the fly....but it gives you an idea. The walls are three different colors.

BBB
WOW! Beautiful and comfortable.

BBB

Fabulous, I love all the colors, and the style..

Is this more what you were talking about osso?

Yes, that was what I was getting at - if they don't go for the second curb cut.

mmm...the man seemed pretty enthused about this last one.

now let's see how long it'll be before we do the deed.

It'd have to be tweaked a little - that S curve should start past the end of the car and be quite roomy so you don't have to maneuver so close to the other car. The "parking area" could be wider than 16, maybe eighteen..

You may want to fool around with the rest of the garden area as you stand out there and stare at the space. I do like that patio area over by the nice hedge...

Neither of us looked up Austin's rules that BBB mentioned. Do you have a link, BBB?

Nice house, Chai. What kind of guitar is that?

Or, guitars, I should say. I have put that image as my desktop background, so I could examine the guitars more carefully, but I am still not certain of the brand name.

Do you play?

OMG!

when I saw your name, I just KNEW that's what you were gonna ask.



I have absolutely no idea.

I think one of them belonged to my husbands father, long deceased.

The other one was probably one he picked up on bulky trash day.

Neither one of us plays a note, so of course it makes perfect sense to have 2 guitars.



Wow...I should take some pictures of his lair....the room that he has been given free reign to decorate. The room looks like it was done by Bob Vila on peyote. Levels and auls and conchos and all these steven segal dvds all mixed together is some mysterious way that cannont be altered, except by him.

He goes in there, and after a while I'll hear #%@#%@!^^@@#!!!!, and I know he's having a really good time.

On the planting, I'm a total xeriscape fanatic, but within the bounds of xeriscaping are a lot of possible plants. In contrast to you, I don't mind the desert look in the desert - such as here in Albuquerque, where the verdant eastern US mode just looks wacko. But there are verdant looking plants that don't require major water.

Obviously, do what you like, but I think you can do it within xeriscape confines. Drewdad's link is a help. See if the city has a handout list for plants they approve (sometimes these lists have been ridiculous - I've been xeriscaping for something like 25 years, and a lot of early lists were quite lame - but it's a start). Check out the most progressive nurseries - they tend to be smart about what grows in your particular soil and variation of temp and humidity, and the watering requirements, besides having some wonderful plants.

We have a great nursery here that I get all atizzy going through, between the good rocks and sculptures and all the plants and the smart people there.
I can never remember the name of it because I quickly renamed it Earth, Wind, and Fire and that's what I think of.

"The Great Outdoors"

See - I like Earth, Wind, and Fire better somehow...

Chai, I am sorry to hear that your husband is a fan of Steven Segal.

Is he a decent guy otherwise?

Hi, Dys!

Here's a link for the nursery - http://www.greatoutdoorsabq.com/nursery.htm

Their sculptures are not the usual garden foofoos. They are more, ah, found art kind of things put together in nifty ways. Their fountains are fantastic, there's one I'd love but it's wayyyy out of my price range. Actually, I have no price range, can't afford any of it right now. But, that brings up sculpture - I'm all for focal pieces, found art or not, in the garden. Gus knows about that... so does Dys.

Oh wait, I take that back....I do have a musical talent.

when I was but a lass, I begged and begged to get piano lessons....so finally the day arrived when my parents decided to get a piano, thinking it was a good investment, since I had a younger sister who could take lessons as well.

The salesman talked them into getting a ORGAN instead

Without trying to seem ungrateful (I was, it was god awful) I tried to explain to them a piano was great, but an organ was for those who would be cast as a misfit for the rest of their school career.

They told me to use the lever on the organ that made is sound "just like" a piano.

For a while, it was my parents fondest hopes that I grow up to be one of those woman that played the organ in a restaurants while the patrons enjoyed their meals.

All I needed was one of those big brandy snifters to put on top of my instrument to really rake in the big bucks.

Ah....what might have been.

Here's a picture of me, getting ready to jam....

That's just how I pictured you, Chai.

You are a beautiful woman.

And so brave.

God Bless You Gustav Ratzenhofer.

God Bless.