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Regreting my Berkeley Blueberry Purchase
Comments (14)I just bought this plant on the recomendation that this was the garden persons' fav. Of three he told me he had growing in his yard....so when I saw your post it upset me, as I already planted it and it cost more than I wanted to pay so put back two other plants I was going to buy.....it is a nice size and looks good. I decided if it does not make it thru the next winter intomspring, it's the last time I will attempt growing blueberries.... I'd already boughten 4 of the ones I always see in nursery s like blue crop, and jersey, I do not have any idea if they are good or not either, does anyone here have exp. with these names.? Any advice one how to grow blueberries? I live in walla walla Washington where we have hot dry summers once it gets past the rainy spring time. The directions always say, FULL SUN or 3-6 hrs. Sun a day...... Thanks for any help.....the berkley may have berries tis yr. the others are smaller and I know it takes a while for them to produce. Rainie...See MoreAm I going to regret having plain white plaster?
Comments (36)I too have debated this issue. At original meeting w/PB, we had him quote the overall master plan. PB quoted with white plaster but gave us a price sheet with the upgrade-should we want to go with a differnt finish, SAM lights etc. When we got the quote back, we were surprised that the whole plan was in our budget to do as is. Now that sticker shock has worn off, what is another $1600 for quartz added to plaster, or $$3161 for sunstone colored plaster, or $4578 for aggregate finish? Unfortunately, we have other expenses, about 10k already not in the pool bid (fence, electric reroute, paver deck). Where does one stop spending when money is an object? Of coarse, my DH put it to me like this. If none of these other finishes existed, would I still love my pool? Both my neighbors have white plaster finishes (built by the PB I am using)and they are beautiful. My PB showed me photos of 14 different pools all with differnt "colors" to them. Come to find out, they were all white plaster. Depending on surrounding vegitation, cloud cover (or not) shadow/shade, sun location, can effect the color of a pool dramatically. We are going with white plaster afterall. If somewhere down the road I really hate it, I'll save up for it and get it re-done. If it is in your budget, go for it. If not, your pool will still be beautiful....See MoreI regret my granite choice..
Comments (96)Wow, Marshmello, what a beautiful room! (not saying that to dispute your opinion - I loved mdln's response: Posted by mdln (My Page) on Sun, May 18, 14 at 12:09 Tell your mom you are really sorry, it did not turn out as you expected, and she was right. Then ask if there is anything you can do to make up for it. Suspect once everything is done, and you have stuff on the counters, it will not be as noticable. Also, the rooms paint color and lighting can alter how countertops look. Good luck.") This advice in general >> Tell your mom you are really sorry, it did not turn out as you expected, and she was right. Then ask if there is anything you can do to make up for it. can mean so much when delivering an apology. Yet so few people do that / say that....See MoreI regret to annouce....
Comments (110)@Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR you are always so kind to me, Sheila; thank you. I really appreciate it; sometimes I'm too opinionated and crotchety or something and wind up offending people, a thing that I don't much like about myself,so it makes me feel so much better to hear from you, who still seems able to like me in spite of my faults. Anyway, I do have a website, but it is very, very out-of-date; only very old work. It's very, very difficult to photograph paintings, especially ones like mine,many of which are pretty huge in size. To add my recent work, I'd have to hire a professional photographer,and there, again, the expense would be excessive. The photographs on the site were done by a very darling friend of mine who is an excellent photographer, but that was many, many years ago, when we were younger and our lives were much less complicated. I actually have had one or two contacts from people who were interested, but it never came to anything. Twice, the paintings that were of interest were ones which I had gifted to others-once as a show of gratitude ,once as a wedding gift. Another person contacted me about my painting of Enkidu and the Animals, but they had apparently not taken into consideration that this picture is 3 meters long by 2 meters high! Another issue is that ,aside from paying for the picture, shipping would be pretty outrageous, I think. I don't make paintings with the idea of selling them; if they present themselves as big, that's how I make them. However, now that I've really gotten into my garden project, the need to make things so big is decreasing. Perhaps it's because I have this God-given, huge landscape in which to work, under the endless sky: the biggest, most realistic "painting" of my life, lol! I've done a couple of portraits, too, but there again,I have to charge a lot more than a photographer would for a portrait, and people just don't go for it. That's a shame, since I'm not bad at it,and really would enjoy doing it. I hope to do a recent one of both my son and of my husband; unfortuneately they'll have to be mostly from photographs, since neither of these gentleman have time to sit for me. My husband's cousin, in Sicily, is married to a man whose father and grandfather were master cabinet makers. They made wood-inlay furniture. But the father never sold any of his pieces; he explained to Pino (his son) that they just take too long to do, require so much time and love in order to make that one would just have to charge too much for them. So he made his pieces as gifts for his family-I remember seeing the stupendous wooden beds that he made for his grand-daughters. Hearing this made me feel a lot better about myself and my own situation. Anyway, sorry for going on so long-and for usurping Paul's thread! If you're interested, here's a link to my site http://rosewhitemusic.com/eileen/index.html . It seems unlikely that I'll ever have the means to adding pictures of my recent paintings, but hopefully some day I can buy a decent camera, and maybe put up photos of my garden project on the site. Thank you again for your interest, Sheila. It means a lot to me....See Morehl_60
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