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Landscaping Lamentations

The green thumbs of the former owners of Meador Manor should be stained red, given the poisonous and polluting species they planted. In the early 1990s, they completely reworked the yard, and admittedly it looked good when I bought the … Continue reading

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Decked Out

June 1, 2019 Have you ever watched a home improvement show or video and thought, “Well, even I could do that!” Two psychologists at the University of Chicago hypothesized that people overestimate how much their abilities improve after extensively watching … Continue reading

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Honeymoon, Day 13: Art & Butchart

TRIP DATE: July 14, 2016 | SLIDESHOW | PHOTO ALBUM | Other Honeymoon Posts Our second full day in Victoria was devoted to visual and botanical art. We headed out in the afternoon to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. It … Continue reading

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Honeymoon Roses

HONEYMOON DATES: 7/2-17, 2016  | Links to Honeymoon Posts Post by Wendy I was very excited on our honeymoon to finally visit the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon. At long last I would get to see many of the … Continue reading

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A Manor for Two Meadors

April 5, 2016 The Manor That Is Not I’ve always referred to my abode in Bartlesville as Meador Manor, but the name is simply alliterative fun, since my property is hardly a manor. A typical English medieval manor estate was 1,500 … Continue reading

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