Continued from: A Pool Anniversary – First Quarter Century Once I figured out that I could reduce the weight of the lift-out panel by cutting it down from twelve pickets … Continue Reading A Pool Anniversary – Next Quarter Century
July 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of us having a pool in our backyard. A lot has changed over the years both with our pool, the landscaping surrounding it, and … Continue Reading A Pool Anniversary – First Quarter Century
When I provided an update on our backyard back in May of this year, I mentioned that there was one more improvement they we planned to make in our backyard. … Continue Reading Pool Plight – AGAIN!
Now that the summer is officially over and our swimming season has drawn to a close, I thought I would look back at the wonderful time we had this summer … Continue Reading Summer Swimming 2022
I have written before about some of the challenges our pool has presented to me over the more than 20 years that I have been our year-round “pool boy”—year-round because … Continue Reading Pool Plight in a Pandemic
Last December, I wrote about the difficulties I had maintaining our pool in 2017. Thankfully that post ended with us turning our pool from this… …to this. And for the … Continue Reading Pool Plight
To say that I have had a “love-hate” relationship with our pool over the 17 years we have had it is probably an understatement. While I love to see family … Continue Reading Christmas Pool Liner?
Upon seeing our backyard for the first time, some have described it as a “Garden of Eden.” A very peaceful spot centered by nice, cool blue water surrounded by a … Continue Reading Paradise Lost?