Category Archives: House

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Chasing rats

Posted on October 3, 2002 by Marchbanks

I think that it’ll still be more than a rat can muscle out of the way. Continue reading →

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It must be fall; the varmints are showing up again

Posted on September 30, 2002 by Marchbanks

I suppose I’d better dismantle my closet and climb into the attic to start stopping up the holes up there. Continue reading →

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One more flowerbed weeded out

Posted on September 29, 2002 by Marchbanks

Bouchercon is the mystery fen’s equivalent of Worldcon.  And this year it’s being held in AUSTIN!! Continue reading →

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And the light switch is all better now

Posted on September 27, 2002 by Marchbanks

It took about ten minutes’ easy work to swap out the busted switch for a new one. Continue reading →

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I hate hate HATE HATE!!! chickweed

Posted on September 26, 2002 by Marchbanks

It’s positively nasty to dig out of a flower bed without disturbing everything else in the bed. Continue reading →

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Another green sacrifice (phase one)

Posted on July 20, 2002 by Marchbanks

The damned mosquitoes breed in the giant bamboo hedge across the back of our lot, a Legacy-from-Hell courtesy of a previous owner. Continue reading →

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Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadow

Posted on July 17, 2002 by Marchbanks

I went out to dig up some of the hundred pecan seedlings I have growing in the front lawn. Continue reading →

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They call me . . . The Hedge Butcher

Posted on June 13, 2002 by Marchbanks

At least we can walk from the north door back to the car without fighting our way past groping branches. Continue reading →

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The yellowjackets are geography

Posted on June 11, 2002 by Marchbanks

. . . ummm . . . or maybe that’s history . . . or one of the humanities, anyway. Continue reading →

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Son of a f!!%#$!’ bitch!

Posted on June 9, 2002 by Marchbanks

Those jackets are getting Raid-ed just as soon as I can get to them. Continue reading →

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