<p>I agree: painted ladies are never tacky. Even the wild ones. :)</p>
<p>Garland, as far as I’m concerned, you can put whatever you want in your yard. It’s your yard. One of my next-door neighbors has a windmill. Of course, he has positioned it so we can’t see it through the woods. And he has well over 20 acres, none of which qualifies as what most people would call a “lawn” or a “yard.” I have chickens in my “yard.” They look quite picturesque, roaming about. Their ramshackle pen, though, is behind the house where no but us has to look at it, unless they are bushwhacking through my neighbor’s and our woods. Same thing with the clothesline. Not visible from the street, or by the neighbors across the way, who are the only ones who would have to look at it on a regular basis. By design, I do not live in a location where people care to have control over what I do and do not put in my yard, and whether I do or do not mow the grass. </p>
<p>Noting the existence of classes does not make one a “classist,” anymore than noting the existence of races makes one a “racist.”</p>
<p>I realy want a lap pool, too, but I can’t afford it. Is there such a thing as an above ground lap pool?</p>