Comments on Suburban Matron: Our Front Yard: 3 Landscaping and/or Personality P...

I am so glad we don't live somewhere with a HOA. ...

2008-10-20T17:14:00.000-04:00

I am so glad we don't live somewhere with a HOA. This is the second year I've let my garden go to crap, the front flower bed is home to many impressive weeds (and nothing else), and our house is at the end of an alley so it collects a lot of garbage. We're lucky we got some leaves raked! I'd be getting letters constantly...

For what it's worth, I am the DIRECTOR of our HOA....

2008-10-03T17:35:00.000-04:00

For what it's worth, I am the DIRECTOR of our HOA. But it's really a figurehead position... and my lawn looks like hell compared to people who give a darn.

Yeah, the HOA issue is a whole big ball of wax. We...

2008-10-02T15:05:00.000-04:00

Yeah, the HOA issue is a whole big ball of wax. Weirdly, I feel more philosophically opposed to it than I turn out to feel in everyday life. It can be a headache, but I see an upside too. Maybe I am basically a conformist in superficial matters.

Pretty house! Yikes I'm glad not to have a HOA......

2008-10-02T12:43:00.000-04:00

Pretty house! Yikes I'm glad not to have a HOA...

Ugh. I just could not live somewhere where someone...

2008-10-02T10:26:00.000-04:00

Ugh. I just could not live somewhere where someone tells me how to keep my yard. One thing I love about our semi-urban block is that no one said anything about me growing our tomatoes right in front, or about all the weeks in my "lawn."

The Matron simply let her entire outdoor world go ...

2008-10-01T21:59:00.000-04:00

The Matron simply let her entire outdoor world go to seed. Really. She is the Clampitts. Clampetts? Clampet?

Oh my gosh! Seriously the ONLY reason I couldn't l...

2008-10-01T14:19:00.000-04:00

Oh my gosh! Seriously the ONLY reason I couldn't live where there is an HOA is b/c of gardening. Our yard is an abomination. I just can't do it. I love the hydrangeas and go you for being so proactive!

sigh Now I wish that I had a yard so that I coul...

2008-10-01T13:34:00.000-04:00

*sigh* Now I wish that I had a yard so that I could have yard angst.

Thanks, CB! That baby is another thing that's grow...

2008-10-01T12:55:00.000-04:00

Thanks, CB! That baby is another thing that's grown like a weed since that pic was taken.

And Bren, I am both horrified and transfixed by HOA politics. I guess it's all part of my love/hate relationship with the HOA. But I didn't know Houston was on the board of your HOA! I need to hear more.

Mindy may not be paranoid (about the payback thing...

2008-10-01T08:44:00.000-04:00

Mindy may not be paranoid (about the payback thing, anyway). Do not underestimate (or overestimate, I guess) adults given HOA power. Like, the only ones who accept the power are those to whom it should not be given. (Unless they are roped into it like my dear, responsible, reluctant Houston.) Our HOA is toothless (it really only exists to maintain the fishing dock) but full of drama.

I agree! I recognized the hydrangeas, but that was...

2008-10-01T07:56:00.000-04:00

I agree! I recognized the hydrangeas, but that was about it!

It all looks pretty good to me, Hank included! And Mindy may just need something to fret over...some people do. Though admittedly, I think the HOA needs to chill a bit. We would sooo be kicked out of your 'hood.

I'm just impressed that you have plants and you kn...

2008-09-30T23:24:00.000-04:00

I'm just impressed that you have plants and you know the names of them. I have a pile of dirt and a husband who says he will plant something in it someday.

Your hydrangeas are almost as gorgeous as the baby standing guard over them by the way. =)