Archive for September, 2007

A bridge reborn
OR
One down, one to go

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
oldbridge

The washed out bridge One project that I really wanted to get done this year was to build a new bridge over the creek. When Dave and Ellen lived here they had a culvert pipe bridge near the garage. It would get filled up with debris over time, so they would usually clean it out [...]

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Fighting The Land

Friday, September 7th, 2007
houseplant

Figure 1. Clover growing from the corner of the house I can no longer recall whether I learned this directly from Dave or through Clare, but some time ago I learned the phrase “fighting the land”, and that much time was devoted to this endeavor at the Dibble homestead. At the time, I didn’t really [...]

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