Reading Time: 2 minutes Add a photo collage to your post Add a photo collage to your post? The question becomes, why would you want a photo collage? Do you sometimes have more photos you’d like to include in your post but you know every photo will slow down the page load speed? Page load speed and story telling It’s… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Problem: Image will not Align properly Image will not Align properly. This is the exact problem I was having with my website. I knew how to use the align code and the use of the float code. I could use it on any image in my post and control where the text should be placed. However when… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes The one plant you do not want in your yard Do you have small children or pets? If so, this is one plant you do not want in your yard. This plant is beautiful with showy flowers. This makes it an attractive plant for the yard. However, this plant’s parts, flowers, stems, leaves, and roots are… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pedestrians drivers and rolling stops Pedestrians drivers and rolling stops are a recipe for disaster. If you are a rolling stop type driver your part of the problem. Thousands of pedestrians a year are injured or killed by drivers not coming to a complete stop. What is a complete stop? Let’s define a complete stop? I guess the… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pancreatitis and Choosing a Dog Food Having a dog with pancreatitis and choosing a dog food for her is something I had to do recently. We rescued a senior dog last year. Her name is Rexy. She is a sweet dog with a small problem. She is prone to bouts of pancreatitis. Compounded by the fact… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Summer Lawn Height Summer lawn height is especially important in the scorching central valley. I noticed my neighbor’s lawns with burned or thinning out spots making weeds more likely in the future. In both cases, the lawns are being mowed short. If you don’t compensate for the increased summer temperatures that nice green lawn you… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tire Rotation Strategy Do you need a tire rotation strategy? The question is why do we need to rotate tires? Is this a strategy to relieve more money from our wallets? Is it really needed? So let’s get into this strategy thing. Why do we need to rotate tires? Well, think about what is happening… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lawn Aeration Lawn aeration is it right for you? Well, let’s find out. Do you have lawn problems? Do you have patches of dirt next to a walkway or driveway where the grass will no longer grow? Is your water running in the gutter 5 minutes after the sprinklers turn on? What are you trying to do to your lawn? oxygenate… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes No more paint down the gutter No more paint down the gutter. That’s what I was thinking when I washed my painted aluminum body travel trailer. This was my second trailer and while I had been told by the original owner how to prevent this I could not take him seriously. Let me explain. When… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perfect canned biscuits Perfect canned biscuits are available now. We use canned biscuits when there is no time for the kneading or dough making process. But getting canned biscuits fluffy and up to their full potential is another thing. We have used cake pans and cookie sheets to bake up these golden little beauties. But they never lived up… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tree selection for your home Tree selection for your home is a very defining moment in the landscaping of a home. Trees are long-lived and the choice of the tree will determine what kind of chores you will be facing on a yearly basis. Different species of trees have different habits. There’s the leaf versus… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Removing rust from garden tools Removing rust from garden tools went on my to do list recently. I left some of my garden tools outside over winter and things definitely got rusty. Fresh into my second retirement I needed to get all my garden tools clean. Treated for rust and ready for another round of… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two RV tips Two RV tips I have picked up on my 30 plus years of RVing I want to share. One will save you money on a replacement lens. The other will keep your RV looking good for years and improve its resale value. Superglue the running light lens to keep it from blowing away… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Long Life Pool Brush A long life pool brush, is there such a thing? It seems that every second year I have to buy a pool brush. This is because the bristles are starting to fall out. So my question is: Is there a long life pool brush? I am asking anyone who reads this… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Review: Jim’s Country Style Restaurant This is a review of Jim’s Country Style Restaurant in Pleasanton, Ca. Every so often I need to go to Livermore, Ca. to take care of business. And as is often the case my wife is along for the ride. So after we’ve taken care of business it’s time for some… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes RVs and tires Buying RV what about the tires? You can not use a visual check to determine the remaining service life of the tires. So, how do you determine how old a tire really is? This post is about how to determine the tires age. RV tires are special, they will last well past their useful service… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes Five things you don’t know about RV trailer tires Set of 4 New Premium Trailer Tires ST 225/75R15 10PR Load Range E-Amazon.com Five things I didn’t know about RV tires when I first started using a travel trailer. Whether your rig is towed or in storage, air up the tires to the maximum printed on… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes What does SRS mean? My SRS light recently came on again, what does SRS mean? I don’t know why it’s on, and worse I don’t know what it is trying to tell me. This light has been coming and going away for a couple of months. I had been thinking it was part of the anti-skid… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Stringing a Weed Eater Stringing a weed eater is something that needs to happen often. The trimmer line spools out as needed. Eventually, it does run out and then the restringing process needs to happen. My weed eater has multiple purposes. When used as a lawn edger I see the line not lasting very long. Restringing happens often.… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Chipotle Chicken and Veggies Panini This is how I developed the chipotle chicken and veggie panini sandwich. I had some sauteed veggie leftovers and was looking for some way to use them. I had some Chipotle chicken lunch meat and sourdough French bread too.  It got me to thinking that maybe I could make some panini sandwiches.… Read More »