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Location: Arizona, United States

Welcome to my site. I will be Chronicling the construction of our new home. Here is a brief history of my experiance in this area. I moved every few years as a child. As an adult I stayed in one house for 25 years, but helped remodel it four times. From a minor bath redo to adding an entire second story to the house. Now my husband and I have moved to AZ to care for my elderly parents and are undertaking to be the owner/builders of a custom home. Some people don't like change but I guess I'm not one of them. Or perhaps it is just limited change I like. To my husband's current dismay I helped build a 4000 square foot house in Romania in 2001. We took it from slab to fully furnished in 11 days. I therefore have meager patience for the pace of building here in Arizona.

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Mystery solved



Well in case you haven't looked at the comment section, I solved the mystery of the odd plant. It is tree tobacco, a South American native which has naturalized throughout the West. It can grow to be 25 feet tall. So we took this photo and then pulled it out . The tap root was about 2 inches thick and headed under the retaining wall. We saved some seeds and sprinkled them out back--we'll see... Next is an American Kestrel which was perched on one of the trees out back. We have seen them in the area before so maybe they are back for the winter. And finally, yesterday we found out that another lot owner has applied for a building permit. So our few months without building activity is about to end. We are off to the East coast for several weeks, maybe we'll get some "fall color" photos for this page.

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