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Homeowner's Blog

http://www.catskillhouse.us/blog/

The trials and tribulations when fixing up an older home

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  • Things to ponder

    Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 11:11 in General, polititcs

    I think Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could identify their corporate sponsors. Or have term limits. ...

  • Walkway over the Hudson pictures

    Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 14:47 in General, hudson valley, catskill living

    From last Sunday, October 11, 2009.  I though for sure that there would be a good amount of color along the Husdon River, however, likely due to the micro climate induced by the warmer river water, the trees were mostly green.  Around the Casa De C...

  • Walkway over the Hudson, AKA Poughkeepsie Rail Road Bridge

    Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 08:19 in General, hudson valley, catskill living

    After years of work and hurculean efforts by all those involved, the Walkway over the Hudson opened last night.  The original  structure, the Poughkeepsie Rail Road bridge was built in 1888 to to carry rail traffic over the Hudson, mostly coal trai...

  • Top 50 construction blogs

    Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 18:31 in blogging

    The Homeowner’s blog has been listed in the Top 50 construction blogs, the fact of which finds me a bit flabbergasted.  I perused the list, which can be found at Top 50 Construction Blogs via The Construction Paper.  There are some well writt...

  • Zebra Mussels

    Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 14:11 in Canada, General, cottage, dock

    The vile things.  Here is a video of some of the old boat dock we removed from the lake in Canada.  It is covered with Zebra Mussels, which are a nuisance if not downright hazardous. When Eliza was swimming, she cut her leg fairly deeply, into the...

  • Building a Boat Dock

    Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 16:29 in Canada, structure, cottage, exterior, dock

    This is what I did on vacation: I made a new dock for the cottage in Canada.  The old dock was built about 20 or more years ago, nobody is really sure.  It had a useful life but last winter the ice caused the dock part to become detached from the c...

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stevendev

4 stars steven

Keep up the good work!

Posted: June 29th, 2008 | More Reviews From stevendev | Report This Comment

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