Entries Categorized as 'Yard'

Caution, Tree Roots Ahead

April 26, 2010

File this under good ideas for summer yard parties.  In addition to having a good excess liability policy, help your very relaxed guests avoid a spill…beer or otherwise.   Orange looks is particularly nice against green grass as they are both secondary colors.

Lo-anne's Sugar Maple

October 26, 2009

My sister Lo-anne and her husband Charles had to split town the other day and sadly leave this tree behind and I couldn’t have them miss it all.  Perhaps they’ll hit the BES link on their toolbar in the next couple days. Some really great people have lived next to this tree, in addition to [...]

Robbing Honey with Raleigh Lane and the Glory Farm Gang

July 31, 2009

We recently took a field trip to Glory Farm at the Narrows of the Harpeth just outside of Nashville to watch beekeeper Raleigh Lane harvest some honey. You never know where you’ll run across  a fellow balding eagle scout like Raleigh.  He’s our friend Elizabeth McAlister’s dad and a very busy project guy.  He enjoys [...]

Patio Safety

May 26, 2009

Discovering that the date on your motorcycle helmet chin strap reads nearly 12 years-old is a jolt to the mind’s “be prepared” function.  The brain bucket test labs recommend five years of life before a helmet should join its forebears on the garage shelf.  Why is it so hard to throw these things away?  Memories [...]