Jim

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Back and Forth
My job is great:  Every other week, I get to sit back and marvel at the array of content we flow into our WaterShapes EXTRA newsletters and onto the WaterShapes.com web site.   In each newsletter, we carry two or three items over from the
2014/1.2, January 22 — Celebrating Roberto Burle Marx, Tropical Dreams, Making Waterfalls and more
January 22, 2014 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL A Master at Work When it comes to identifying those…
Skimmer at the Ready
I've always been a demon when it comes to getting everything having to do with my pond skimmers right:  If they're set up properly, they'll work so well that you rarely need to think about them - and that's always my goal, both for me and for my clients. Trouble is, you usually end up securing the liner to the faceplate at a fairly awkward point in
A New Year’s Revelation
For me, 2013 ended with a personal revelation. I was sitting at my computer late in the afternoon on December 19, getting ready to wrap up business for the year, close my office door and focus on spending quality time with friends and family through the dozen days leading up to New Year's Eve. As is my habit at the end of
Decisions on Deck
All too often, important decisions about the design of a swimming pool environment are left for "later."  That's not just wrong; it's also a crying shame. As I see it, a huge proportion of my clients' long-term satisfaction with their pools comes not from time they actually spend in the water, but instead has to do with how easy and comfortable it is for them to enjoy their lives around the water.  That's why I've always made discussions about decking and patios a key component of the design process from the very start - and why my clients are so happy with the results. As the video linked below indicates, there are
Ripples #83
Compiled and written by Lenny Giteck Student Generates Electricity From Lap Swimmers' Waves
Test Your Knowledge #72
'Duel in the Pool' Tiebreaker: USA Edges Out Europeans  
2014/1.1, January 8 — Incredible Cascades, The City of Fountains, Deck Decisions and more
January 8, 2014 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Natural Patterns Widely recognized as one of the country’s foremost…
Test Your Knowledge #71
Young Swimmers Evacuated from Changing Room Because of Prosthetic 'Pool Pervert'
On the March
It's been a long time coming:  Just ten days ago, after nearly six months of grinding care and effort, the entirety of the WaterShapes magazine archive is now available online as it originally appeared in print. All 131 issues are digitized in .pdf format now, every one of them from our premiere in February 1999 to our analog swan song in July 2011.  Many of these issues are still available in printed form if you want to complete your collection, but