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Comments (26)I'm glad you got your PD's and hope they do well for you. Mine are taking their time opening up, a tiny bit more each day. Glad I participated in the thread because we had tons of rain this year, and now I'll remember to water them in drier summers, did give them some this week because the bed isn't mulched and won't be, at least all over, until I get the self seeders established. The reason I got them in the first place was an experienced grower brought one to a late fall rose meeting and won a prize on it, well there wasn't much competition but it deserved it regardless. From where I was sitting, it looked like a wide paint brush with just about one-inch, soft "bristles", no center, wish I'd examined it more closely, very rich purple. I don't see how mine could possibly look like what I thought I saw in hers. And it seemed like a long single stem, like she could get way in and get a nice cut flower. Mine are so bunched on top, that I don't know if you have to prune or something to get a stem, doesn't really matter as whatever makes the flowers the most showy in the garden matters more to me. I asked her what it was, and it took her a long time to get back to me, the name she gave me just about had to be Purple Dome but was a little different, had the words mixed up but did have dome and New England. Before that, I had literally scoured the web looking for an aster like that as I knew it was an aster from the meeting. Now I want some pretty blue ones but so short of space unless I open up more areas or widen the existing ones I can which I don't do on a whim because it means a lot more maintenance....See MoreWhy We Don't and WON'T use our Miele Optima Dishwasher
Comments (20)Here is the post from the user that asked about where the Kitchen Window should be: Posted by firstyeargardener (My Page) on Mon, Mar 23, 09 at 23:52 Hi, I'm in the middle of planning a kitchen remodel. We are thinking of moving the sink to the back of the kitchen where we have a large window overlooking the yard. My question is, how will this look? The window is considerably larger than the sink? Will it look off centre? I'd appreciate any pictures of large windows with sinks beneath them. Thanks As I had already posted picures of the bay window above the sink, I thought the 2 pictures I posted would at least give "A different view of things" and maybe some inspiration as to why they might consider moving that window. We love the view from the Window. I had a dear friend that was renting a small Condo, She said "Someday I want to live where I have a window over the sink and enjoy the view---fortunately We were able to help her as our tenants moved out of one of our townhouses we rent--that had such a view , and I rented it to her for 14 years , until She passed away from Lung Cancer.So I guess to many people a kitchen with a view is important? Anyway One learns a lot from making a post as I did. You learn who "Stops and Smells the roses" and those that¿ Gary Here is a link that might be useful: Post about Kitchen Window...See MoreWhy I don't like sewing points; 2 photos.
Comments (15)I thank each of you for all the lovely comments, but that lower left center section drives me beserk. I can "see" the misalignment from 12 feet away. Since the paper is still firmly attached to the back of the block, and as my next "project," I'm going to pick the stitches out of that section and see if I can realign it and set it in properly. Of course, I stitched the pieces together with about 247 stitches to the inch. If the fix works I'll post a photo. If it doesn't...I'll have a colourful dust cloth. (Not really; it will become a throw pillow cover no matter what.) So, I'm officially a member of this group. I have a "project" for the month of April; let's see if I get it finished. Of course, I didn't specify which April. LOL...See MoreWe're Insured for Claims on Things We Don't Own
Comments (22)"I feel like my premiums are paying to insure claims against somebody else's use of a snowmobile, boat, pogo stick." Our current house was built (and we bought it when it was in the framing stage) in 1990. All of the houses around here were built with wood shake roofs. (Not wood shingles - heavy shakes.) A couple of years ago when we were going to be getting a new roof, I contacted our homeowner's insurance agent to let him know, and I asked him how much of a discount we'd get. Bear in mind that wood shake roofs are generally unrated, meaning unless they are treated with fire retardant, they are going to burn like crazy. A composition shingle roof is Class C rated, meaning that it is somewhat fire resistant, but they will burn. Our new roof is a Gerard stone-coated steel roof, which is Class A rated - one of the best roofing materials you can have (which would also include concrete or clay tiles). Anyway, our agent said that the new-roof discount would be very minimal because we do not live in a fire danger area. The risk of there being a fire was so low as to make a substantial discount not possible. That was January 2016. In 2017, as everyone knows, there were horrible fires in California. And when our policy renewed towards the end of 2017, our premiums were increased by 17%. Hubs and I have owned three homes together for a total of 37 years (6 years for the first one, 3 years for the second one, and 28 years for our current home). I have made ONE claim against my auto insurance, and that was back in 1979 when someone smashed out the rear window of my car. My husband has never made an auto insurance claim. No one has ever made claims against us/our auto or homeowner's insurance. And in 37 years we have never made a claim against our homeowner's insurance. So, I asked our homeowner's insurance company why our premium increased 17%. Yep, you guess it. It's because the insurance industry is trying to recoup the losses they suffered by paying out claims to the people whose homes were lost/damaged because of the fires. There is no fire danger to our home so we don't get a decent discount for having a brand new Class A roof, but we live in a state that suffered devastating fires so we have to help bail out the insurance company. Don't get me wrong -- I have extreme empathy for the folks who were (and are now) affected by California wildfires, but shouldn't insurance companies do a better job of investing their assets to have funds to cover payouts, rather than placing the burden on the folks who don't make claims?...See Moremichelle_zone4
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