Thanksgiving

Satisfying Feedback
  It's happened before: I'll write one of these blogs or a Travelogue, and within a few minutes of releasing the newsletter a reader will send me something that either adds to, explains or (rarely, thank goodness) contradicts something I've written. Back in December, for instance, I wrote about the
Thank Goodness
  I wouldn't have thought that a bit of Thanksgiving travel could teach me so much about the regional differences among watershapes, but what now seems obvious came as something of a jolt to me. My youngest daughter has a new job in Philadelphia and couldn't get away. Someone suggested we should
2013/11.1, November 6 — Shimmering Island Delights, Pond Skimmer ABCs, Deck Engineering and more
November 6, 2013 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Shimmer and Shine Looking for a surface material as unique…
Family Fun
It's that time of year again, planning for Thanksgiving and family fun on the one hand while simultaneously getting ready for the International Pool|Spa|Patio Expo and an altogether different sort of family fun on the other. For the former, we'll have an unusually full house this year, with both of my brothers and at least one and possibly two of my three sisters here with their families and significant others in tow.  I'd like to think they're coming to see how their brother, a vegetarian for 40 years, does in preparing
Family Fun
It's that time of year again, planning for Thanksgiving and family fun on the one hand while simultaneously getting ready for the International Pool|Spa|Patio Expo and an altogether different sort of family fun on the other. For the former, we'll have an unusually full house this year, with both of my brothers and at least one and possibly two of my three sisters here with their families and significant others in tow.  I'd like to think they're coming to see how their brother, a vegetarian for 40 years, does in preparing
2012/12.1, December 5 — Water and Sculpture, Rain Fall Features, The Magic Fountain and more
 December 5, 2012                             …