Well, it is 3:50 and I haven't got called up yet, so I figure I'm safe. Only one jury panel was called up today. One panel was called for next week and they warned it could last 20-30 days. Computer kicked me out because I'm only paid for one week, or 3 days. I did have time to finally get my photo book done for the Shasta reunion. Sure did pass the time quick! Not bad!
This is what I'll be doing. My civic duty. So as not to be fined, incarcerated, or both. Now, ordinarily I don't think of myself as a strongly opinionated person, but wish me luck calling up my mojo on Monday if I find myself in the jury box. That strong opinionated comment will guarantee me a "thank you, you're excused" comment we all wish for!
This last spring, out of the blue, I received a very thoughtful gift certificate from Dorothy. She suggested a few things I might enjoy with it. I took her suggestion and got these pots for my front door. They are doing quite well, even though they took a beating in the heat while I was away at the Shasta reunion. However, now they are recovered and I wanted to show how beautiful they are greeting me every time I come and go. Even though we are thousands of miles apart, I take a happy thought of Dorothy with me each time I leave and bring a happy thought in with me every time I come home. Thank you Dorothy, for helping me keep you close when I miss you most.
We took the ladies for a ride to San Clemente. Pat suggested a stop at In and Out. Aunt Dorothy said "I don't like Burgers!!" Mom agreed. Pat convinced them they would like it. After a couple bites, Aunt Dorothy said "This is the best burger in the world!!"
I told Taylor he might want to take advantage of all the back to school and Labor Day sales going on in the stores and pick up some shoes before the rains come (his soles are less than watertight). Little did I know, that this guy can shop!
This is what we saw! Big oops! This is the neighbor's car that he parks in his driveway over which our avocado tree hangs.We felt horrible, he really just took it in stride saying "I'm glad I didn't get that fixed last week when the other crack happened"!!! Can you believe it! Well, this is what we did. . .
Ahhh. . So Cal at the beach! For those of you braving those hot summer days of 100 degrees, there is nothing like the marine layer of So Cal beaches to cool you off! After coming back from No Cal Shasta lake and the 107 degree heat, this was a welcome relief! Here you can see that thick marine layer which brings with it a warm 69-72 degrees and hardly a glimpse of sun all day. Now, not your perfect beach weather, but that is not what we had in mind. . .
With some termites eating away at the garage and a house that was begging for a coat of paint, we were more than happy to see that marine layer and those cool temps!
Checking out many paint colors required a good eye and no blinding sun to skew us in our choices. . .
I think we settled on a good one for the house color. I painted the entire house in 2 days, (with a little help) ;))
I rolled and Terry helped with the cutting in here!
Taylor lended his expertise with spray painting on some accessories such as the screen door, mailboxes, and patio table. Excellent!
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We drove down this morning and found the front cleaned out and graded, trench for drainage pipe dug and piping set up for the walkway and patio for us to see.
After some discussion and exploration of alternatives, we settled on Steve's original set up for the path and patio perimeter. The plan was to widen and curve the walkway and he achieved that beautifully.
It is somewhat hard to see from the photos, but we widened the opening from the driveway and curved the walk to the front house door. The huge square planter was reduced in size to accommodate the walkway and added a curve to mimic the curve in the walk. Perfect!
The front house now has a larger landing in front and access to both houses improved.
The patio in the back has also been curved around the planter by the wall. We added a curved planter under the main window to take the place of the leaky box planter that was there before.
Follow me now through the side walkway, also new concrete to the new back patio!
Now an expanse of gorgeous stamped concrete.
We spent a great deal of time getting the colors chosen for this warm grey and brown mottling to get the look of "been there all the time" stone.
I do believe we got it right!
If you look closely, it looks like stone with all the ridges and variations, which after a wash and sealer applied, will show even better!
