Christmas In The Hot Tub

Christmas In The Hot Tub

The children have moved out or live out of state. You and your spouse are spending your first Christmas or winter holiday on your own. What can you do to get back to being a couple — and deal with the empty nest — around the holidays? Why not spend...
Unique Gifts For The Pool Owner

Unique Gifts For The Pool Owner

What do you buy for the person who has everything AND who has a swimming pool? Well, when you add a swimming pool into the mix you have made gift-buying even easier! Buy the pool owner in your life a unique gift he or she can use in the pool. Every time they use it,...
Christmas Dinner On The Backyard Grill

Christmas Dinner On The Backyard Grill

Do you believe that there is no meal better than one cooked on the flames of a grill? If so, you’re not alone. In the past, many outdoor chefs would bemoan the fact that they had to pack up the grill and resort to cooking indoors once the cold weather settles...
Decorate The Backyard For Holiday Fun

Decorate The Backyard For Holiday Fun

Bbbrrrr, winter has settled in in many parts of the country. Does that mean you have to forsake your backyard living space and host all of your holiday parties indoors? Not. At. All! With a little planning and decorating, and maybe a pair of mittens, a firepit and a...
How To Winterize A Saltwater Pool

How To Winterize A Saltwater Pool

Owning a saltwater swimming pool leads to a more luxurious swim — many people will say that a swim in a saltwater pool leaves their skin feeling silky smoth. Even if you have a saltwater pool, though, depending on the area of the country in which you live, you...
Taking Care Of Pond Frogs This Winter

Taking Care Of Pond Frogs This Winter

Do you have a natural swimming pool or do you have a pond in your yard that became home to frogs this summer? What do you do with and about the frogs now that summer is over and winter is here? Do you have a responsibility to care for the frogs who have spent the...
Winter Swimming Pool Cover Care Tips

Winter Swimming Pool Cover Care Tips

Do you ever find yourself standing and looking out the window or door at your swimming pool, yearning for summer and for the time when you can swim again? If you do, you’re not alone. Do you know, though, that just because the pool has been closed for the winter...
Black Friday Around The Swimming Pool

Black Friday Around The Swimming Pool

Want to have some fun this Thanksgiving? Either before or after the Thanksgiving meal, you can have a treasure hunt for the children while the adults kick back, drink wine, coffee or tea and plan the Black Friday shopping excursion. Keep the kids busy by hiding items...