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Fall Decks
Posted on 2024-04-24
Fall Decks
There are just a few more days left of the summer season but that doesn't mean that you have to give up the outdoors. The cooling weather makes relaxing outside a great way to recharge at the end of a hectic day or tiring week. Here are some ideas for revamping your porch, deck or patio for fall and enjoy leisurely weekends relaxing at home.
Adding soft lighting to your deck can help you enjoy fall evenings outdoors. Use low-voltage LED lighting to illuminate steps and strings of lights to accent your deck railing and create areas of interest without a big jump in your electric bill. There are lighting system that easily attach onto deck railings, or patio posts making installation quick and easy for most DIYers.
Fall is also a great time to take advantage of lawn and garden clearance sales to update outdoor areas. Furniture and decorative items all go on sale as summer ends - even though many areas of the country still have plenty of warm days left to enjoy the out of doors. Something as simple as replacing worn furniture cushions and adding an outdoor rug can make a deck or patio feel new and inviting. There are also great deals on outdoor furniture for those who want to do a complete revamp.
The weather will eventually get chilly as fall settles in but there are solutions for that eventuality as well. Home improvement and lawn and garden stores sell a variety of patio heaters.. A single, well-placed heater can provide enough warmth to keep your entire deck comfortable on a chilly fall evening. Need an additional source of warmth to supplement your patio heater? Fire pits and grills can also help heat up an outdoor area. Remember any use of combustible fuels requires caution and safety rules must be followed.
Add a touch of natural beauty with fall foliage and flowers. Growing pots of chrysanthemums and zinnias will add bright spots of color to outdoor spaces. If you are feeling ambitious building a wooden planter is an easy weekend project and can even provide a location to plant some fall veggies as well. After the growing season is over cover the planting box and when spring comes remove the cover and plant spring vegetables or flowers.
Courtesy BPT and deckorators.com
Originally published in The Times Dispatch, September, 2015
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Posted on 2024-04-24
Fall Decks
There are just a few more days left of the summer season but that doesn't mean that you have to give up the outdoors. The cooling weather makes relaxing outside a great way to recharge at the end of a hectic day or tiring week. Here are some ideas for revamping your porch, deck or patio for fall and enjoy leisurely weekends relaxing at home.
Adding soft lighting to your deck can help you enjoy fall evenings outdoors. Use low-voltage LED lighting to illuminate steps and strings of lights to accent your deck railing and create areas of interest without a big jump in your electric bill. There are lighting system that easily attach onto deck railings, or patio posts making installation quick and easy for most DIYers.
Fall is also a great time to take advantage of lawn and garden clearance sales to update outdoor areas. Furniture and decorative items all go on sale as summer ends - even though many areas of the country still have plenty of warm days left to enjoy the out of doors. Something as simple as replacing worn furniture cushions and adding an outdoor rug can make a deck or patio feel new and inviting. There are also great deals on outdoor furniture for those who want to do a complete revamp.
The weather will eventually get chilly as fall settles in but there are solutions for that eventuality as well. Home improvement and lawn and garden stores sell a variety of patio heaters.. A single, well-placed heater can provide enough warmth to keep your entire deck comfortable on a chilly fall evening. Need an additional source of warmth to supplement your patio heater? Fire pits and grills can also help heat up an outdoor area. Remember any use of combustible fuels requires caution and safety rules must be followed.
Add a touch of natural beauty with fall foliage and flowers. Growing pots of chrysanthemums and zinnias will add bright spots of color to outdoor spaces. If you are feeling ambitious building a wooden planter is an easy weekend project and can even provide a location to plant some fall veggies as well. After the growing season is over cover the planting box and when spring comes remove the cover and plant spring vegetables or flowers.
Courtesy BPT and deckorators.com
Originally published in The Times Dispatch, September, 2015
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by Vivian Heyl 1950-2024
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Vivian was editor at Delta Boogie since we started the site in 1996. She wrote almost all of our Delta Musicians section, the most popular area on Delta Boogie. She also wrote anything else on Delta Boogie that doesn't have a byline.
She also worked for the Times Dispatch in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, where she contributed many features and some reporting. Her work at the Times Dispatch regularly won awards from the Arkansas Press Association.
Writing was her passion. She wrote for her whole life. Much of it we still have in computer files. I am posting her work here as I find it.
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Gretchen says:
Today we celebrate Vivian Heyl. Mom, Grandma, Viv. Whatever name you knew her by, I'm sure at some point in time she used her gift of nurturing on you. She was indeed a nurturer - of the mind, body and spirit. Her words of encouragement could only be outdone by her quick wit and, when needed, sharp tongue. She loved unconditionally, but she had no problem calling you on your crap. She welcomed ALL to her family - and about the only thing that would get you unwelcome was making someone else feel that way. Today we celebrate the life she lived, the example she set and the love she shared.
Many have asked what they can do for the family or in memory of Mom - I offer these suggestions:
Play a game with your family. There is nothing that would be a better gift than to share joy with your family and in memory of Mom.
Read a book (it can have pictures). Mom loved to go on adventures in books and she led us kids down the same path.
Encourage a kid (preferably one who no else even seems to notice). I promise that is the one Mom would spot first and immediately bring into the fold.
We would also love to hear your stories about Mom. We would love anyone who would like to share stories or memories to do so in the comment thread. Maybe you have a story where you realized, possibly even years later, that you had been molded by a momma's love in the form of Vivian Heyl.
If you would like to make a memorial gift, please consider the children and youth fund at Brookland UMC or the friends of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, the Lawrence County Library or your local library.
Lastly, just keep loving us! We are sad, but we are blessed.
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Delta Boogie Newsletter/Gamer+ News - May 2024 - This One's For Vivian
https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry/pages/1714661546292
My wife Vivian was the editor of Delta Boogie and a regular contributor to Gamer+. She helped me with everything I did including Blues Fest for 25 years, The Bandshell Project, Jonesboro Computer Services, The Jonesboro User Group, and so much more. I don't know what I'll do without her.
On April 18, 2024, Vivian passed on.
She was a writer all her life and I am collecting her writings here.
https://deltaboogie.net/words
She worked at The Times Dispatch in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, for years. Her features regularly won Awards from the Arkansas Press Association.
She wrote almost all of Delta Musicians, the most popular section on Delta Boogie, where she provided Delta Bluesmen with a place on the internet back in the nineties. She also wrote all of the articles on Delta Boogie that do not have a byline.
She played and ran fantasy RPGs with dice and miniatures at ASU Beebe in the early seventies before D&D was published.
We home schooled our children and she saw their love of D&D as an educational opportunity for reading, writing, history, the arts, and, of course, math.
She loved music and games and she raised a family of musicians and gamers.
We have five children and seven grandchildren. I had two boys before we married and she loved them like her own.
She saved my life and she gave me a good life. I love her still and always.
For her, I thank you all, for your continued support of Delta Boogie, Gamer+, Delta music, NEA gaming and whatever else it is that you do to make the world a little bit better.
Please take a minute and say a prayer.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com
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