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October 16, 2007
Already Dreaming of the Desert
The weather is turning here. Now, I love fall, but we all know what comes next. Misery and Despair. Luckily, this year we are headed to lovely Arizona for the Christmas holiday. The desert can be a bit bleak, but it's just lovely to be there in the winter instead of in snow up to one's knees (or elbows, or whatever). I also love what people do in their yards with desert landscapes. You still have to plan around the seasons a bit, but you can have nice things growing all year round, and do some really cool water features and things that don't need to be winterized. The landscaping company linked above (Pathway Landscape, in Scottsdale, Arizona), promises to add some how-to's and advice articles to their website in the near future. They've got some really gorgeous landscaping in their portfolio, and really, inspiration from desert landscapes can go a long way even in our Midwestern climate. Although we abandoned our walkway project this summer (too much time and money, when we really checked it out), we still plan to do more landscaping with stone and really spiff up the outside of our home. My father-in-law even bought us a big how-to book on Patios and Pathways. We really want to do a patio/low deck out back too, while we're on this daydream thing. Maybe dreaming about this stuff will help get me through the long nights and chilly days of winter.
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