If you’re among the many homeowners fortunate enough to be blessed with a lawn sprinkler system, you know that it’s a wonderful aid in keeping your lawn healthy. And you also know that the sprinkler system saves you lots of… Read More
Archive for the ‘Bob’s Blog’ Category
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Six New Special-Effects Christmas Lights You Might Not Know About
These days, LED Christmas lights are rapidly replacing old-fashioned incandescent lights as the go-to technology for holiday lighting. LEDs offer lots of advantages over incandescent lights: they last thousands of hours longer, are vastly more energy efficient, and produce brighter,… Read More
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Think Christmas Season Starts Too Early? It’s Nothing New.
It’s called ‘Christmas creep.’ It’s the constant pressure to start the Christmas season earlier and earlier every year. Indeed, it does seem that Christmas creep gets progressively worse every year, with Christmas creeping into our lives earlier with every go… Read More
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Is it Really the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
Christmastime. It’s supposed to be the happiest time of the year. That’s what the iconic song tells us, anyway. But is it really? Are you really happier during the Christmas season than during any other time of year? For some… Read More
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Arachnophobia!
They’re creepy. They’re crawly. They spin webs that stick on your face and tangle in your hair and absolutely freak you out. They lay hundreds of eggs at a time in webby sacks the size of their own bodies. Each… Read More
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Are Your Christmas Lights Innies or Outies?
It’s just a fact of nature: everyone has either an innie or an outie. But the terms ‘innie’ and ‘outie’ can apply to more than just navels. Your Christmas lights are also either innies or outies. That’s because some Christmas… Read More
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How About Going All Green With Your Christmas Lights This Year?
Green is certainly a traditional Christmas color. Have you considered going all green with your Christmas lights this year? Not the color green, but the earth-healing, environment-friendly ‘green.’ That kind of green has become very popular of late. And as… Read More
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A DeLIGHTful Way to Celebrate Christmas
It’s that time of the year. Calls are beginning to come in from customers scheduling our Christmas light installation service. For all but the occasional Christmas Grinch, the holiday season is a wonderful time of year. And I really enjoy… Read More
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Fight Wintertime SADness with Landscape Lighting
Do you find that your life seems to be tinged with sadness during the short, dreary days of winter? Did you know that there’s a very real medical condition that could be the cause of your wintertime blues? It’s called… Read More
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Daylight Saving Time: Conserving Candles and Causing Cardiacs
We’re creatures of habit. No matter how harried or chaotic our lives may be, our bodies thrive on a routine cycle. It’s called a circadian rhythm. It’s also called a biological clock. It’s an internal mechanism that tells us when… Read More