Category: On The Stump
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Another Day at the Office
I’ve been working on Lake Zoar in Monroe CT the last couple days. The weather this week has been beautiful. High 50’s to low 60’s and sunny. Last week I worked in a drizzle mixed with snowflakes. The improved weather is a welcome change. The picture at the top of this post is a fire…
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My New Favorite Park
For the last week and a half I’ve visited a small park in town. The park starts level by the road but quickly drops off to a small rolling river below. I’ve gotten in the habit of getting a bacon, egg and cheese and stopping at the park to eat my breakfast. It’s on the…
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Some Mistakes We Have to Make
I spent most of the day replacing a shock absorber on my truck. It took me from 9 to 6 to replace one shock absorber. One shock absorber! I quickly learned there’s a lot of rust on suspension parts which ‘welds’ them together. Suspension parts are also in awkward places. Finally, it took two trips…
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Do The Right Thing
It’s 8:30 at night on Labor Day as I write this post. I just got off the phone with a prospective client who needed some masonry work done to get the CO for their new deck. After asking questions about the job it became clear what they needed more than a landscape designer was a…
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It’s Monday Morning and I’m Ready to Work
One of my rituals on office days is to clean the office before starting work. I can’t decide if cleaning is a stalling tactic or productivity tweak. Clutter is a huge productivity killer for me. My brain can’t start solving problems or being creative in clutter. Everything in it’s place and a place for everything.…
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A Day That Changed My Life Forever
It was a Saturday morning and I had a 10:00 appointment with a client 30 minutes away. My family and I were off to visit a lighthouse when I returned. My client wanted me to look at a landscape a local nursery planted six months earlier. They spent over $7,000 on a landscape that gave them no pleasure. It was a classic…
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Fall in Love with Some Activity
A viewer on my YouTube Channel shared this quote with me. I think you’ll enjoy it too. Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard…
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Over 400,000 Views One Month
I’m happy to announce my YouTube Channel, CTScaper has over 400,000 views in the last month. It amazes me that there are that many people who want to hear what I have to say. Thank you for your support.
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Stop Chasing the Wrong Things
When you stop chasing the wrong things in life you give the right things a chance to catch you. The DJ on the radio said that today. I think it’s worth sharing.