October
2009
Light Up Your Life, And Your Landscape
It’s easy to see your beautiful landscape during the daytime, and usually that’s the only time you think about it. But why not enjoy those scenes at night as well, with lighting that will accentuate and add beauty to every setpiece.
There’s an extra element to landscaping that many people don’t even think about, and that’s lighting. In broad daylight, of course, there’s no need for lighting, as you’ll be able to sit back and enjoy your front or backyard, meticulously designed just the way you want it, with no problem at all. But, what’s the point in lighting your yard at night, you’ll be asking yourself.
Security
Outdoor lights are one of the best accessories you can add to your home from a security issue. Everyone should have a porch light, so those hard-working pizza drivers can find your house if nothing else! But with a porch light or a lamp post illuminating your front door, this provides extra security against intruders.
And it’s not even so much to guard against intruders. Who hasn’t fumbled with their keys when trying to fit a key into a lock they can’t see? Placing a row of lights next to your garden paths can ensure that unsuspecting feet don’t step off into the flower beds.
Accents
Why just be able to enjoy the beauties of your gardens at night? With strategically placed lights you can enjoy your miniature fountains or waterfalls, water gardens or rock gardens at any time. Indeed, they may even look more spectacular at night. And its not just a question of accenting your garden. By lighting up your entire home with carefully placed spotlights, it can be made a work of art in itself.
Celebrating the seasons
Lots of people put up lights for the holidays - and go to a great amount of trouble stringing lights on their garage and on the eaves of their house. Then, two weeks later, they go through all the trouble of taking those lights down again. By designing a lighting system that will be semi-permanent, you remove the need for all that extra work. Simply change out the bulbs for those of different colors, depending on the season.
Where’s the power come from?
Give a thought to your lighting needs. If you choose line voltage fixtures that can get their power from your home’s electrical system, you’ll want the wires to run underground. You’ll want to have these installed by a professional. Also, make sure that you have a plan of where these underground wires are installed, because if you do any digging in future - or if you sell the home and the new owner wants to do some digging - it will be all too easy to cut through these wires if no one knows where they are.
The other choice that also works great, is to use solar light fixtures. These feature a solar cell that absorbs energy from the sun and stores it in rechargeable batteries. These types of lights are easily installed by the homeowner, but how long they will last can be a question.
To find out what kinds of lights are available, visit your local home and garden or home improvement center. However, a lot of companies offer their wares on the web as well. Seagull Lighting has practically every type of outdoor light you can imagine, as does Lights by Lighthouse.
Mr.Andrew Caxton
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pastl life experience? give me your thoughts any similar exp..out there?
so went to sleep when i woke i had the memory of a long dream that I recalled as both an overhead spectator and first person simultaneously. I had straight black hair and it was pretty long I want to say my skin color was between oriental and indian I was short and stout built. The landscape was lots of grass hills. big hills but they were all the same elevation .probably a quarter mile run up each one gradual incline. the lighting was strange very orangeish and you could look at the center of the sun which seemed large and dim, didnt pay much attention to it though cuz I was in somewhat of a war or a overthrow of sorts lots of running hiding and fighting from everyone. also to note there were small buildings everywhere probably 1 or 2 on each hill, they were square, very sturdy, made of "rock" my dream ended as 3 men chased me down and i believe stabbed me to death with knife. i dont recall anyone having spears or anything, maybe no wood.
Others I know have had dreams of other life times as well and it seems common sense that during sleep our sub-conscious might have some recollection of past lives even though we cannot remember them as vividly or in detail as we might want to in our conscious minds.
It is fitting and sensible to think we have more than just one go around in this mortality than some people would have us believe. Death loses its sting and it makes geneology sort of obsolete, wouldn’t you agree.
A person could easily be their own ancestor and it certainly explains why human nature has not changed in thousands of years.
Cheers! To All our Lifetimes
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Sounds like you were a science fiction movie character in a past life, considering the very weird "sun".
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