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The new look
Sunday I began raking and sweeping outside and unearthed a patio that had been long forgotten and overgrown with grass and weeds. I woke up and went outside first thing to water the new plantings, as usual. Almost each day I prune something and stick it in the ground to grow, or move a plant or shrub from here to there, so there are always new plantings to water in. As I let the hose run on the patch of night-blooming jasmine, I began raking the leaves and gravel from the walk outside the sliding glass door to the master suite. That was when I saw and remembered my good pal Doug Cobb had put a patio down for me in 1997. I was ready to begin using the patio again and so I swept it down and hosed it off to clean it. The water settled in several places and I knew I had to raise it up another 4+” if I wanted the concrete blocks to stay dry and the water to drain properly. I decided that would be my project for the day. As it turned out, it only took me an amazingly short 3 hours. Continue reading