Point South Mexico - Real Estate and Lifestyle Magazine

If you've visited the Lake Chapala Society grounds lately, more likely than not, you've noticed some changes in the gardens. We're betting that you have also noticed a pair of new English gardeners pruning, digging and planting.

Ah, spring! If you are from those parts of the world from which most of us hail, the first day of spring is cause à célébrer. In our homelands, between winter and March 20, we dream of warmer temperatures, leafing trees, and various forms of gardens. Just because we now live in a subtropical paradise doesn't erase our almost instinctive need to plan and plant at home. While we are indeed blessed with year-round flowering beauty, our Lakeside gardens too, must be planned, tended, and protected. Perhaps the sites listed below will increase your knowledge of gardening and help you create or enhance your own gardens.

Tho' the girl I love is beautiful, and I'd have you all to know
That I met her in the garden where the praties grow.
John McCormack

Timeshares

This may not sound like a real estate or home maintenance issue, but I thought my experience was worth sharing.  Recently, my wife and I purchased a vacation package offered by our bank.  And after various delays we finally managed to take the kids to Puerto Vallarta for a four-night stay at one of the beachfront resorts.

Our morning showers would not be the same without them.  We sure miss them when they fail or run out of gas.  Our water heaters are usually the silent worker in the back of the house; sometimes they are tucked away where we cannot see them however, they are a critical part of our plumbing system.