Friday September 28, 2007
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Friday September 28, 2007
WP668 Update and Garden Photos
We are making progress on several backyard projects, including WP668, our caboose. Yesterday, the San Jose building department gave permission for John to apply for a permit to build the stairs and attach the electrical to WP668. (Yes, it took weeks to get permission to apply for permission.) He goes to City Hall on Wednesday. Yesterday too, our contractor who will use that permit to build the caboose stairs finished his other project: putting stucco on our cabana. John designed and built the cabana in 2000 when we needed more space for the pool equipment and towels. It still holds towels and chemicals for the hot tub (since the pool was replaced with a caboose) plus other stuff that has no better storage location, like our scuba diving tanks, suits, and gear. It took years to find a contractor who was good enough with stucco to match the surface pattern of our 75-year-old Spanish Mission Revival stucco house and who was also willing to take on a tiny job like the cabana. The stucco is still drying but in a few weeks, we will paint the cabana to match the house.
Here are some current WP668 photos. Also, since WP668 lives in our garden, here are more plant photos:
WP668 caboose:
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WP668 caboose:
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My favorite rose,
Chrystler Imperial: 
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Crown of thorns
euphorbia: 
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Prickly pear cactus
fruit: 
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Pricky pear cactus
fruit, dracena: 
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Front porch
succulent: 
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Blue
Plumbago: 
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Barbara Karst
bougainvillea vine: 
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Asperagus fern
aloe, cactus: 
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Vanderbeck ball, Bomberger cat,
aloe, cactus: 
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Blue rosemary
growing over wall: 
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Echeveria Succulents
and stones: 
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Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson
Posted at 10:13AM Sep 28, 2007 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains |
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