Waste Not Want Not

I had to help my dad destroy his concrete wall used for storing items in his yard.  Truth be told that concrete fence made out of blocks, had seen better days.  It is expensive and time consuming to get rid of those heavy blocks, so I upcycled them.



I took these concrete blocks and used some tile pieces to create a planter base for larger pots. 

I have a few more ideas to reuse these blocks such as using glow in the dark lexan stars and creating a border along the planting beds.   

The planter base was easy to make, I used some left over tile I had from a flooring project, all I did was get premixed thinset mortar and linen colored grout.   I used two 12x 12 tiles for the concrete block, then used some spanish tile along with left over mosaic tile for the edges of the block. 



Don't get rid of items that might be damaged or considered dated; reuse it in a diffferent way or if you can't  donate items or give it to someone that will find a way to upcycle  these items.





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Waste Not Want Not

I had to help my dad destroy his concrete wall used for storing items in his yard.  Truth be told that concrete fence made out of blocks, had seen better days.  It is expensive and time consuming to get rid of those heavy blocks, so I upcycled them.

I took these concrete blocks and used some tile pieces to create a planter base for larger pots. 

I have a few more ideas to reuse these blocks such as using glow in the dark lexan stars and creating a border along the planting beds.   

The planter base was easy to make, I used some left over tile I had from a flooring project, all I did was get premixed thinset mortar and linen colored grout.   I used two 12x 12 tiles for the concrete block, then used some spanish tile along with left over mosaic tile for the edges of the block. 

Don't get rid of items that might be damaged or considered dated; reuse it in a diffferent way or if you can't  donate items or give it to someone that will find a way to upcycle  these items.


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Travel photos/family/photos from Puerto Rico

The sandy beaches of Luquillo Beach, when I go through difficult times I like to remember better times by looking at this old vacation photo,

I took about 4 years ago.







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Travel photos/family/photos from Puerto Rico

The sandy beaches of Luquillo Beach, when I go through difficult times I like to remember better times by looking at this old vacation photo,
I took about 4 years ago.



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Arch Diocese of NY claims no responsibility over smaller catholic cemeteries in NY State

Read the problem our family has fought to correct since March 21, 2011 when we first learned of terrible error. The cemetery refused to fix mistake because they have potentially many other graves that could be in similar situation. I learned that religious cemeteries in NY state are Unregulated, so remember that when you bury a loved one at a religious cemetery in NY. In N.Y.S the cemetery follows NY state Health Code; the Arch Diocese is supposed to be regulating but they  handle large cemeteries; as their cemetery division claims. St Raymond's is the largest Catholic Cemetery in the Bronx, but they claim only local parish handles the operations and they have no control over that parish? Really? Read my site, http://stopcemeteryabuse.webs.com  Read the whole story plus see photos and documents posted. Federal regulation is the key to stop cemeteries from making errors and fraud as in our case.

 Read story at http://www.news12.com and check out NY daily news on October 19th 2011, edition.

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Arch Diocese of NY claims no responsibility over smaller catholic cemeteries in NY State

Read the problem our family has fought to correct since March 21, 2011 when we first learned of terrible error. The cemetery refused to fix mistake because they have potentially many other graves that could be in similar situation. I learned that religious cemeteries in NY state are Unregulated, so remember that when you bury a loved one at a religious cemetery in NY. In N.Y.S the cemetery follows NY state Health Code; the Arch Diocese is supposed to be regulating but they  handle large cemeteries; as their cemetery division claims. St Raymond's is the largest Catholic Cemetery in the Bronx, but they claim only local parish handles the operations and they have no control over that parish? Really? Read my site, http://stopcemeteryabuse.webs.com  Read the whole story plus see photos and documents posted. Federal regulation is the key to stop cemeteries from making errors and fraud as in our case.

 Read story at http://www.news12.com and check out NY daily news on October 19th 2011, edition.

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Fresh Veggies from My Flower Bed Garden

This produce which I got from my garden, if I can do it anyone can do it.
These are from my garden a few weeks ago;  my green peppers and okra.

I use the seeds of the peppers once I cook the peppers and replant it in the ground.  I buy organic compost once a month, in addition to buying the yellow bag cow manure compost sold at Walmart.  I mix these once a month in the soil and add it with plant food.  I mix it together and  replant the seeds; and I have endless peppers growing through out the Spring/ Summer season.  Purchase seeds from Burpee or from your local produce purchased at local Ocala, Fl. supermarkets after cooking vegetable.