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Okay. The past two months have been silent for me on Hive. I have only been threading, which is okay because I like short form posting a lot. But as, we have some changes in our life, I want to share them

Choosing the best for my garden As a new homeowner, embarking on the journey of transforming my apartment into a cozy haven, I've been eagerly seeking inspiration for my indoor and outdoor gardens. Recently,

I just shot a home that was well staged by the homeowner and their backyard was a dream set up for social occasions.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. - Calvin Coolidge - A drive in the hills, trees, fresh air and sunshine, autumn

Spent a good bit of time at the local property tax assessor's office today, filling out paperwork for a tax exemption!

We will buy your house! A quick review of corporate postcard versus individual investor postcard.

Image Source How is the housing market in the current situation of COVID-19 compared to before? How do you feel about the prediction that a large number of millennials and gen z's will most likely not

I managed mostly to do some minor maintenance jobs around the house this weekend. We washed the exterior windows in preparation for winter, and I put a bit of rubberized sealer around the pipes for the

Sorry for my absence. We have moved! With two littles, the experience was exhausting, all consuming and so worth it!

For a couple of months or so, both of our garage door openers in the car have mostly worked in raising the garage, but mostly not worked in lowering it when we back out. I checked the beams and connections

Welcome my fellow Hivers and DIY’ers to another DIY project!! Why not start things off in the Hive with a long awaited DIY project. Well you all probably haven’t waited long but I have been procrastinating

When I bought my house there were tenants living in the cottage and I allowed them to stay. That place was in a terrible state of disrepair and I did some basic maintenance to stop things leaking and left

BOBCAT VS. SQUIRREL - A homeowner BOBCAT VS. SQUIRREL - A homeowner in Punta Gorda woke up Sunday to find Bobcat chasing a squirrel across her screened-in lanai. Video courtesy of Michelle Kloese. Source

There was a time many years ago that as a homeowner I would have called to have this work done. The idea of taking on a task like this was, for some reason, beyond my belief that I could accomplish such

After all the recent rain I noticed that Arnold the tree from hell had some weird fungus growing on one of the cut stumps. Although it looks like cooked porridge, it is actually a fungus, perhaps a type

I got all my chainsaw massacres finished yesterday, all fingers and toes still there, no damaged extension cords and by the end of it, I think I had gotten better at calculating the cutting angles. I also

Parts of the common property where my house is have been completely neglected for the past 10 years and because the soil has been disturbed, it is heavily infested with invasive plants. It's been raining

My place is hot and dry and the only time we see many mushrooms is during the height of the rainy season. So here are a few that tend to pop up on lawns and in my case, plant pots and flower beds. In among