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Pics from a family walk yesterday at my parents' place

Comfortable cobbled house down the road a piece

I found this in the woods. I want one. I could build that:

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See that green mold/mildew? It's breaking down the grout. Easy & good-enough-for-now fix: a wash --purpose-made, or just a quarter cup bleach per gallon water. Two 1gal plastic milk jugs worth would be an easy carry, and take hardly a minute to pour over the green stuff. You don't even have to wash it off. That's my Happy Household tip for the day!

#1 buddy larsen on 2012-10-29 09:53 (Reply)

Here in the deepest south we use a cup of bleach/gal., and add a squirt of dish detergent to the mix. The dish soap supposedly makes the mildew and mold a little more vulnerable to the bleach. (The pros use sodium triphosphate.)

#1.1 BillH on 2012-10-29 12:42 (Reply)

That soap/detergent does sound like a good idea --better retention of the wetness on the surfaces, fo' sho'. And a cup/gal is closer to what i'd use --i was advising lite becuz somebody might not savvy bleach too well and ruin they duds or be po'd at lightening the stones a bit. But the more the better the slime kill --yassuh

#1.1.1 buddy larsen on 2012-10-29 13:03 (Reply)

Yea, it's always a shock after bleachinating the stucco, deck, or whatever with oh so much care; throwing the work clothes in the washer and dryer just to be safe, and out come your very own, homemade, reverse tie dyed garments. Very stylish until they fall apart.

#1.1.1.1 BillH on 2012-10-29 17:09 (Reply)

LOL --yep, can't even wear a white tee shirt, it turns yellow --can't win

#1.1.1.1.1 buddy larsen on 2012-10-30 00:29 (Reply)

Re the top pic, the creek in the autumn forest --look at this Winslow Homer watercolor:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_McA4jjZCOC4/S-IwOSdt8cI/AAAAAAAABS0/3Bi-7t3zIRE/s1600/a00008fb.jpg

--bunch more, search the name, add [watercolors], click the image tab

#2 buddy larsen on 2012-10-29 10:10 (Reply)

I would like to visit upstate NY/New England in the Autumn some day.

Perhaps in 5 or 6 years...........

#3 feeblemind on 2012-10-29 10:49 (Reply)

It may be coming to visit YOU, tomorrow --

:-(

#3.1 buddy larsen on 2012-10-29 11:13 (Reply)

Perhaps so, Buddy, but the forecast for my neck o' the woods is 70s and sunshine this week. Doesn't look like we will add to the 15" of rain we have amassed so far this year.

#3.1.1 feeblemind on 2012-10-29 12:17 (Reply)

--so, you're not gonna take a lawn chair and umbrella and go sit on the roof? Well, suit yourself, risk-taker!

#3.1.1.1 buddy larsen on 2012-10-29 12:55 (Reply)

LOL Buddy.

#3.1.1.1.1 feeblemind on 2012-10-29 13:58 (Reply)

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