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To: Diana in Wisconsin; FRiends

Guess what?! We found out a couple of hours ago that TOMORROW is the day they start building the custom water feature in the meditation garden!! I have no idea what it will look like, because our guy isn’t quite sure what will work, but I trust him, that it will be beautiful in the end, and cost at least half what others would charge.

So far, the project is about 1/4 of the price of the other bid. I’ll take that all day long.

Even after the water feature is installed, there’s still a lot of work left to do. It is the piece that we will build around, other than the raccoon hole that was the first piece of this puzzle.

I can’t believe this project began, at least in my mind, the first week of April this year, when we had a powerful tornado blow through, and we dodged a bullet on our property. 5 miles away they weren’t so lucky.

Oh, and have I mentioned that we are investing in a whole house automatic generator? No more plugs and transfer switches. This should all be completed by mid October, God willing.

It seems as soon as we have one tiny piece of a project done, 3 more line up right behind it. I know all of my garden thread FReepers understand that.


764 posted on 09/30/2025 6:08:38 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: FamiliarFace

“It seems as soon as we have one tiny piece of a project done, 3 more line up right behind it. I know all of my garden thread FReepers understand that.”

Just got off the phone with Beau - looks like Friday will be his ETA with ALL the dogs. He was wondering how my ‘Honey Do List’ was coming - I told him it’s already one side, single spaced, of a LEGAL PAD right now, LOL!

A lot of it is stuff we can BOTH work on - but I DO need him to wield the chainsaw for some things as my little Black & Decker isn’t much good for anything beyond some basic pruning.


767 posted on 09/30/2025 6:42:17 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Sounds good, post a pic when its done!


774 posted on 10/01/2025 7:14:58 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Understood far too well!


779 posted on 10/02/2025 2:14:08 AM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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