Hoover Gardens is our new favorite garden center. During September and October, Tom and I worked on outdoor projects as much as possible. September and October aren’t really the months for planting in Ohio so the garden center was never busy when we visited. Even better, Hoover Gardens is mostly outdoors, making it safer to …
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Turtles Transformation in the Front Yard
When we moved into our house it had turtles. Every homeowner does things to a home that makes subsequent owners say “what was he thinking?” The previous homeowner here took a bunch of dirt and piled it into two mounds on either side of the driveway. Then he covered them with chicken wire and slate. …
Poison Ivy All Over the Place
I am allergic, as most people are, to poison ivy. When I was a kid, I used to get really severe cases of it every year. Fortunately I learned to recognize and avoid the plant. In recent years I’ve only gotten little dots of it from time to time. Usually when Tom has been in …
Sticks and Grass and Other Boring Subjects
Tom and I have been busy moving sticks and planting grass. This isn’t the year we were planning on having, back in January and February, but it is the year we’ve got. So instead of visiting lots of interesting places, we are tending our home, visiting with family, and helping others. I’m afraid the …
Alienware Acts Like an Alien and Beams Away
I have an Alienware laptop computer made by Dell. These are known as gaming computers, but I didn’t get it for gaming. In fact, I never play games on it. Instead, I use it for writing my blog and Tom said I needed the extra power for all the pictures I use. I’ve had it …
Boyd Big Tree Preserve in Pennsylvania
Tom and I checked out the Boyd Big Tree Preserve on our last day in Harrisburg. We stayed in the Harrisburg area an extra day to explore some of the parks. After four days sitting at the loom, I needed a good hike. The Boyd Big Tree Preserve is a 1,000 acre conservation area on …
Gifford Pinchot State Park in Pennsylvania
While I attended my weaving class, Tom spent much of his days at Gifford Pinchot State Park. The park is about 20 minutes from Red Stone Glen and has a lake and lots of hiking trails. One day, after class, I joined him for a short hike around the lakeshore. Gifford Pinchot State Park is …
Moving and Landscaping Companies Redux
In September, Karen and Tom’s moving and landscaping companies got a chance to thrive again. Our first job in September was moving nephew Devon out of his apartment in Cleveland. It was our first (and last) chance to see his apartment. He had a tiny studio apartment in the the Statler Building on Playhouse Square. …
Riding in Tandem, Enjoying Trails and Friends
Tom and I enjoy riding our tandem bike together. We have spent many happy hours on the orange behemoth. One of the reasons we bought our little house in Westerville was the access to the Ohio to Erie bike trail across the street. A couple of weeks after moving into our little house, Tom aired …
South Bass Island and Put-in-Bay, Ohio
On a recent adventure day, Mom and Dad and Tom and I headed for South Bass Island and the town of Put-in-Bay. We had been enjoying the beautiful summer weather of our previous adventure days, but this day was the first day of fall weather. Instead of sunny and 70’s to 80’s, it was overcast, …