çHello Lyndi, Yes, It's a plants show of western part of Thailand on 22-31 January 2010. The location is the city hall of Chon Buri. It's opened to the public. Have so many kinds of plants competitions such as Orchids, Aglonemas, Sansieveries, Adenium and also Bromeliads. A bromeliads competition will be on friday 29, 2010. There are a lot of plants shop. I aslo want to attend the show. ;-) Cheers Yong

Is this just a board for people to tell their personal stories? Trespassing is never okay. Trespassing begs for trouble. Put up a No Trespassing sign to let them know, and then take legal action if/when you can. What BS to say plant prickly hedges and mazes. That's costly and leaves you maintaining it. What BS to say it only bothers you if you let it bother you. If someone is opening your fence gate just to cut through your yard and jump the back fence, that's blatant disrespect and plain wrong. If you don't have a fence, then mark your boundaries. I am assuming most trespassing stories here are fence hoppers/yard runners. I don't know what to do about acres and acres of "tresspassable" land. But nobody should be short cutting via established private property. Those kids accidentally break plants, planters, fence slats, gate locks, etc., and perhaps they'll fall and get injured, or see something through your window which might, perhaps, lend thought to a later "return". Nobody should have to tolerate trespassing, and especially not because some other person decides it's no big deal for "them" so "okay" to trespass. Some people won't find your kids as amazing as you do, so don't force them into showing it. Don't be that moron parent.

My gosh - I meant to post this on the remodeling forum. I am sorry!

Just to toss out another idea to ponder. If you live in a area with a strong regional style, I think it's okay to decorate with a nod towards that style, even if it isn't strictly appropriate for the house itself. My 60s phony colonial tract home resides in a lovely part of Connecticut with many beautiful historical homes and many excellent historical reproductions. To me, the 60s tract homes in my development seem out of place. They don't relate to the area and have an anachronistic feel. My neighbors have maintained their homes well. But some of the modernizations, especially of the interiors, strike me as off -- you just don't get a sense that you live in Connecticut. Everybody loves living here because of the historical charm & the abundant natural beauty, but walking into some of these homes, you might as well be in Des Moines. Or Provence. Or the Upper East Side. Two years ago we needed to sink money into the house as most of the original materials and mechanics were failing. I thought about the inappropriateness of some of the changes we were making. Was I trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear? (Yes) Could I successfully transform a 60s house into a genuine colonial style? (Not really) Would I be destroying the architectural integrity of the home? (A purist would think so). These houses were never plumb & square anyway. Mine sags in the center even. Why try for spit and polish, or even maintaining the 60s feel, when rusticating it could blend in the quirks and flaws? Low unlevel ceiling? It's a feature! So we went ahead with the changes: shingles that mimic the historical houses, traditional colors, native stone. We got rid of the triple track windows with the hideous aluminum storm covers, replaced the skimpy moldings with wider ones, replaced the flush doors with 4-panels, banished the bright brass with black iron or ORB, ripped out vinyl flooring and put in stone-like tile, replaced shiny for rustic, sleek for textured, contemporary for old. Eventually we'll put in wide plank pine flooring in the family room. On the whole, nothing could be mistaken for antique or genuine. It's more a nod to the past with modern materials. So yes, the house is still a 60s phony colonial with a too flat roof and asymmetrical window placement, but at least it now feels like a Connecticut home. It seems to relate to the area better, both in looking at the home and in looking out of it. (Maybe that's something I missed having lived in 2 contemporaries with big, low windows, that sense of connecting with the outside.) By trying to nudge the house towards a more historical, local, true colonial feel, I did all the "wrong" things, but the house seems more right for it.