Comments on: Whirled Views 4.24

By: Karen O

Karen O — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:27:44 +0000

I’m not offended by your being blessed with a gardener.

It’s nice to know a little bit about each other. The mix of living situations & backgrounds represented here on WMB is interesting.

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:56:24 +0000

Karen, we are indeed fortunate. I should never have shared any, or at least this part of my personal life. I’m sorry if this offended you or anyone else on the blog.

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By: Karen O

Karen O — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:29:25 +0000

Victoria – To many of us, the thought of having a gardener, or any other paid help, is unimaginable. My husband would love to be able to pay someone to deal with the leaves each fall.

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:08:47 +0000

OK Cameron. TJ let you out of your cage earlier this week, now I now why you don’t get out very often. You do remember the BONG? Poor TJ.

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By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:56:58 +0000

“their” area…

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:23:01 +0000

— gardeners not “gardners” ….. I certainly don’t want one of Cheryl’s spelling classes.

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:20:54 +0000

Hi Cheryl,

Many people here have their gardners cut their lawn’s every other week, no big deal. We have ours cut every week, however we don’t like our lawn cut short, so its very lush and longer, many people like it that way, so its become a popular look.

Some parts of the country have much more rain than we here in California have, so I’m sure that is a consideration for there area.

We have very strict leash laws.

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By: Cheryl D.

Cheryl D. — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:10:49 +0000

And I purposely bought a home too old to be under homeowners association rules! I keep things looking fairly neat, but if I don’t mow immediately because I’m sick or we’ve had too much rain, I don’t worry about it. (My mower is heavier than others, apparently, and makes deep ruts even two days after a heavy rain. So frequently everyone else on the street mows on a one-day break between rainstorms, and I can’t, but have to wait for a longer break.) And I can mow at dusk if I want to without worrying that it’s too late. Several yards on the street have grass that’s far too long right now, probably a combination of spring hitting late but quickly and the home owners’ family issues. (One house just got auctioned, another is owned by an old lady, and I have neighbors who travel a lot and are too cheap to pay someone to mow it while they’re gone–don’t tell them I said that!) But we don’t have rusting cars or anything like that, and I can deal with someone else’s grass being too long much better than I (personally) could deal with paying a monthly fee for someone else to tell me I have to mow my lawn by tomorrow or else. The lawns on the street are longer than I’ve ever seen them, but it simply doesn’t affect me. (Now, the people who let their dogs or cats run loose–THAT affects me.)

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:53:21 +0000

NJL

Most of the new homes, and those 18 years or older, no matter the price have Home Owners Associations where we live. It works well, because homeowners keep their homes, lawns, etc looking very nice.

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By: NJLawyer

NJLawyer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:39:01 +0000

HRW, there’s this thing called contract law! No one forced Victoria to buy in a planned unit development. People who do agree to live under the rules.

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