Along with the Conservatory (and not too far from each other), there is another very cool place in Seattle to visit---whether you are playing tourist or live here all the time---called the Japanese Garden, at the Washington Park Arboretum. Here is a little photo tour to give you just
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09/29/2009
There is a saying here in the NW that, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Perhaps this is a saying in your area as well. Where I came from, back East, there were no such saying that I can remember. There were plenty of stone walls and barbed wire fences but they were more to control liv
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09/27/2009
My grandfather, on my Dad’s side, was badly crippled with arthritis his whole adult life. I can only guess at the amount of pain he lived with----pain made visible in the gnarled fingers that could only sort-of grasp the ever ready cane at his side. I have to think that his occasi
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09/26/2009
One of the most common things a buyer wants to know about the house is, “How old is the roof.” This is code for, “How much longer will the roof last.” These questions are not all that easy to answer---especially the later one. While I do my best to give some “general” guidance re
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09/25/2009
I used to love to play Jenga with my kids---it is a great game that requires skill, patience, planning and an “appreciation” of gravity. One wrong move and the whole thing could collapse. Over the years I have seen a lot of chimneys. In fact a chimney almost got me fired back in 197
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09/23/2009
Well it is not as bad as elevators, but it is not unusual to smell gas at a home inspection. Natural gas (as opposed to “un-natural” gas) has an odor added to the otherwise odorless gas that is not easy to ignore----like the other kind----“silent but deadly.” It is designed that way.
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09/22/2009
It is pretty rare for someone to post something more disgusting than I can come up with, so I thought I would reblog this thing from Jason. If you haven't checked out Jason's Blog consider this your opportunity. There is definitely something fishy about this post but not his Blog! As most o
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09/21/2009
Most inspectors will tell you “no” and yet I would be willing to bet that most inspectors do. No inspection is ever truly just a visual inspection, even though most Standards of Practice say that it is. Most Standards of Practice even give guidelines for moving certain things----like open
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09/21/2009
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