Comments for David Pisarek : dmpp

Comment on Lanscaping, nearly completed by Portland Landscaping

Portland Landscaping — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:22:40 +0000

Well, I’m not sure what zone you’re in. And I probably don’t know the plants that are available in that zone as well. But I would have searched for some plants that would have added other colors, textures. For instance, there is a nice mounding evergreen shrub we use called ‘Blue Star’ Juniper. Those add a nice blue texture but still small and still evergreen. Dwarf nandinas do really well here. Varieties like ‘firepower’ and ‘moon bay’ have beautiful evergreen colors of yellow and bright red. But they may not do well in climates where there are prolonged freezes. I bet a Pieris would do well there! There are some really nice varieties of Pieris where the new growth is always red (spring, summer) and then in the winter they get nice little white bells as flowers. Flower carpet roses would also be nice. They can usually tolerate cold climates well. They stay small and compact in shrub form but have wonderful blooms all summer and fall. And they are very disease and insect resistant. Those are a few I would think of. But I’d probably have to see a list of plants available at a local nursery to determine what would look best. Again, not being from that climate….

Anyway, great job. Great curb appeal!

Comment on Lanscaping, nearly completed by David

David — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:24:31 +0000

Hello Mr. Portland Landscaping!! What would you have recommended for the plants in the front?

The issue is that in Canada our winters get really cold, and we wanted a very low-maintenance “garden” – one where we don’t need to replant every year and dig up and whatnot.

As for the back, we didn’t want any straight edges for the patio, something a bit more organic is what we were aiming for…

Comment on Lanscaping, nearly completed by Portland Landscaping

Portland Landscaping — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:24:53 +0000

Well done. I like the pavers on each side of the driveway and around the front stairs. The steps down the side of the house are also very nice. The section of front lawn closer to the house is a little jagged on the border. And I would have liked to see more color in the plants instead of just evergreens there. But nicely done, anyway. Back yard paver patio is nice. I’m glad you added curves to the border, rather than just straight lines and 90 degree turns. Looks much nicer that way.

Comment on Lanscaping, nearly completed by Judy

Judy — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:34:09 +0000

Amazing David & Rosalee!!! It really looks terrific, I’m so happy that you’ve finished this big project! We miss you guys, need to set a date for lunch – will email you separately!!! Thanks for sharing. We did our landscaping this year, but wasn’t very extensive…I call it our “work in progress” project!!! =P

Comment on Selling prints and such by Dieter Huebner

Dieter Huebner — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:09:01 +0000

Hello David
My name is Dieter Huebner. Having suffered the loss of a son myself, July 20 2006, referring to the article I read in the Deutsche Presse recently (Sept 7, 2011) I would like to forward a few lines to Hans Gerhardt. Would you be so kind to forward this note
to him, and/or his e-mail address.
Aside from that, I noted your photos and share
a similar interest. looking fwd
Dieter

Comment on Canadian political debate on CBC was less than impressive by atithi

atithi — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:07:52 +0000

nice post….

Comment on Canadian political debate on CBC was less than impressive by David

David — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:26:47 +0000

Matthew, you would think that they would do some testing re: audio quality.

I didn’t get a chance to check the french-language debate this eve… was it any better?

Gilles, good point. Perhaps Harper was speaking in generalizations – thinking that majority of french as first language Canadians live in Quebec.

There’s a good reason parliament was dissolved and we have an election happening. I’m surprised that Harper didn’t mention the $300mill needed to run the election, and how that money could be spent on this or that…

Comment on Canadian political debate on CBC was less than impressive by Gilles

Gilles — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:28:09 +0000

I was not able to watch the debate as I am in the Military working in England. I hear through some friends that Mr Harper seems to think that outside of Quebec, Canada has no french speaking Canadian. Well it is time to wake up Harper I am french, born and raise in Cape Breton and you need to realize that Canada has many French Canadians outside of Quebec. We need a PM that is in touch with Canada and not so full of himself, that all he can do is control what his MPs say or do without them having any say. Maybe he should move to another world where dictators are accepted and wanted

Comment on Canadian political debate on CBC was less than impressive by matthew

matthew — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:22:34 +0000

I thought layton put on a great performance. Very entertaining. Scored a bunch of points off ignatieff. Very much looking forward to the french debate tomorrow! Agreed the acoustics were miserable. Don’t they test for that?

Comment on Canadian political debate on CBC was less than impressive by Haven

Haven — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:11:13 +0000

nice post.Thanks ……………..

Comment on Canadian political debate on CBC was less than impressive by David

David — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:53:23 +0000

Oh, I nearly forgot. What was the deal with the echo in the studio?

Comment on Apple is about to lose an iPhone 4 customer by David

David — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:27:17 +0000

So on the Android there’s no unified inbox?

How does it handle the multiple signatures?

Do you still have the phones? I’d love to meet up and give the email a test run…