Friday, July 20, 2007

An E-mail Hoax, With A Message I Like

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Do you run through each day

On the fly?

When you ask How are you?

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done

Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Ever told your child,

We'll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,

Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,

Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time

To call and say,"Hi"

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away.

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over
This poem is credited to David L. Weatherford
http://www.davidlweatherford.com/

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

We Have A Yard



This is the front or South side of the house. $2K worth of sod does not cover a half acre lot. We put the sod around the house to cut down on the amount of dirt coming into the house.



This is the right side or East Side of the house. The sod goes almost to the grown over area we wanted to leave.



This is the back or North side of the house. The area left bare is for installing a concrete or field stone patio which will have a pergola type covering over it for shade and to hang plants from.



This shows the left or West side of the house. We ran a minimal amount of sod on this side. Kind of out of sight out of mind. We will also be spreading around some seed to help fill in. We are using Centipede grass, I had all of the St Augustine grass I can stand. Centipede does not get a thick thatch and grows relatively short.