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Dog Days of Summer

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Dog Days of Summer Ever wonder why the hot days of Summer are referred to as Dog Days? According to the Farmer's Almanac, the 40 days from July 3 to August 11 are the Dog Days of Summer. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed the high summer temps during this time drove men and animals insane. In part, because both Sirius (which is the brightest star in the sky after the Sun) and the Sun both rise at dawn during this part of Summer. And Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, is part of a constellation with a Latin name that translates to Greater Dog. Even though there's no scientific evidence the stars cause men and beasts to go mad during the summer months, there may be something to the Dog Days of Summer. Tahoe fixed this gate and fence damage from a freaked-out pet. A customer had a guest pet staying at their property. The dog panicked when it couldn't see its owners. It partially chewed through a 25-year-old gate. Then tried to get out through the hole. However, the dog got stuck, panicked even more, and through sheer willpower took the gate and all its hardware off the fence. Luckily the dog is alright. But the damage it created did make our customer go a little crazy! Pictured: Before and after pictures of a damaged wood gate and fence. And the repair of the fence framing and a new reinforced metal frame gate with wood fascia in Carson City 2023.Dog Days of Summer

Ever wonder why the hot days of Summer are referred to as Dog Days?

According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the 40 days from July 3 to August 11 are the Dog Days of Summer.

The ancient Greeks and Romans believed the high summer temps during this time drove men and animals insane. In part, because both Sirius (which is the brightest star in the sky after the Sun) and the Sun both rise at dawn during this part of Summer. And Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, is part of a constellation with a Latin name that translates to Greater Dog.

Even though there’s no scientific evidence the stars cause men and beasts to go mad during the summer months, there may be something to the Dog Days of Summer.

Tahoe fixed this gate and fence damage from a freaked-out pet. A customer had a guest pet staying at their property. The dog panicked when it couldn’t see its owners. It partially chewed through a 25-year-old gate. Then tried to get out through the hole. However, the dog got stuck, panicked even more, and through sheer willpower took the gate and all its hardware off the fence.

Luckily the dog is alright. But the damage it created did make our customer go a little crazy!

Pictured: Before and after pictures of a damaged wood gate and fence. And the repair of the fence framing and a new reinforced metal frame gate with wood fascia in Carson City 2023.

So Hot It’s Cool

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So Hot It’s Cool

You know it’s Summer when Death Valley is supposed to reach 131 degrees over the weekend. Even the nights are supposed to be in the triple digits.

That’s so hot it’s kind of cool . . .

But what’s even cooler is shade!

Pergolas, which are Latin for projected eve (shaded garden, or courtyard space,) are very cool right now. They have been popular since the Renaissance, when the Italians emphasized outdoor living spaces. And if our area doesn’t reach 131 degrees, extra shade is welcome. Even if we’re only hovering around the triple digit mark (still hot!)

Pictured: Tahoe built this garden pergola out of reclaimed pressure treated framing and repurposed cedar grape stakes in Carson City.

Good Deed That’s Good for You

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Good Deed That's Good for You Like our Nevada Humane Society, many shelters are over capacity, with more animals admitted than adopted. When you adopt, you are saving a life. Not only are you providing a loving home but giving resources, protection, and needed care to more animals. Any dog needs activities to keep them occupied. A fence allows your pet to run around, smell the outdoors, and interact with your neighbors without risking safety or escaping. A fenced yard will separate your pet from dangerous objects and keep them in designated areas to play and relax. Here at Tahoe Fence, we love our yard dog, a three-month-old rescue puppy. Wally, or Walter Muddy, spends his days chasing butterflies and chewing sticks. He makes us laugh and take time to play. Getting him was a good deed that's been good for everybody. It's important for us to keep Wally safe, and with our enclosed property he is. This Summer, help your Humane Society by adopting. And contact Tahoe Fence to secure your property and help protect the new additions to your family. Pictured: Wally with his gate. It doesn't fit in his bed, but he thinks it's his. Walter Muddy playing under a wheelbarrow because dirt don't hurt. And boss dog Wally watching over the fence yard from his office chair.Good Deed That’s Good for You

Like our Nevada Humane Society, many shelters are over capacity, with more animals admitted than adopted. When you adopt, you are saving a life. Not only are you providing a loving home but giving resources, protection, and needed care to more animals.

Any dog needs activities to keep them occupied. A fence allows your pet to run around, smell the outdoors, and interact with your neighbors without risking safety or escaping. A fenced yard will separate your pet from dangerous objects and keep them in designated areas to play and relax.

Here at Tahoe Fence, we love our yard dog, a three-month-old rescue puppy. Wally, or Walter Muddy, spends his days chasing butterflies and chewing sticks. He makes us laugh and take time to play. Getting him was a good deed that’s been good for everybody. It’s important for us to keep Wally safe, and with our enclosed property he is.

This Summer, help your Humane Society by adopting. And contact Tahoe Fence to secure your property and help protect the new additions to your family.

Pictured: Wally with his gate. It doesn’t fit in his bed, but he thinks it’s his. Walter Muddy playing under a wheelbarrow because dirt don’t hurt. And boss dog Wally watching over the fence yard from his office chair.

Happy Birthday America

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Happy Birthday America It's your 247th year (1776 to 2023.) Instead of candles on a birthday cake, you get Roman candle fireworks (or drones depending on the fire risks.) The Liberty Bell in Philidelphia is tapped, not rung, 13 times on your birthday in honor of the original 13 colonies. And your birthday was officially declared a national holiday in 1870. We're celebrating with some red, white, and Tahoe blue cowboy fireworks (patriotic painted horseshoe wreaths.) However you're going to celebrate America's birthday, have a happy and safe 4th! Pictured: Reclaimed fence wood porch bench with cowboy fireworks (painted horseshoe wreaths) in Carson City.Happy Birthday America

It’s your 247th year (1776 to 2023.)

Instead of candles on a birthday cake, you get Roman candle fireworks (or drones depending on the fire risks.)

The Liberty Bell in Philidelphia is tapped, not rung, 13 times on your birthday in honor of the original 13 colonies.

And your birthday was officially declared a national holiday in 1870.

We’re celebrating with some red, white, and Tahoe blue cowboy fireworks (patriotic painted horseshoe wreaths.)

However you’re going to celebrate America’s birthday, have a happy and safe 4th!

Pictured: Reclaimed fence wood porch bench with cowboy fireworks (painted horseshoe wreaths) in Carson City.

Take the Time

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Take the Time Was marking out some projects Tahoe has in Mono and Inyo Counties. And took along my youngest for some driving companionship to layout a job in Lone Pine. After marking out the project, my kid tells me to stop and look. Being a practical dad, I start looking around for a snake, bear, problem with the jobsite. Nope, none of that. My kid just wanted me to stop and look at the view behind me. Needless to say, the Eastern Sierras from Lone Pine are worth taking the time to view. And you get to see the tallest mountain (Mt. Whitney) in the continental US. After finishing up looking at some jobs in June Lakes (often referred to as the Switzerland of California), you bet we took a moment to enjoy the view right in front of us! Take the time to enjoy those moments with family. You never know how long they'll last. Or when you'll get the chance to make more memories. Pictured: Mountains over Gull Lake, in the June Lakes loop, looking across from the ballfield. The Eastern Sierras with Mt. Whitney, looking up from our Lone Pine jobsite.Take the Time

Was marking out some projects Tahoe has in Mono and Inyo Counties. And took along my youngest for some driving companionship to layout a job in Lone Pine.

After marking out the project, my kid tells me to stop and look. Being a practical dad, I start looking around for a snake, bear, problem with the jobsite. Nope, none of that. My kid just wanted me to stop and look at the view behind me.

Needless to say, the Eastern Sierras from Lone Pine are worth taking the time to view. And you get to see the tallest mountain (Mt. Whitney) in the continental US.

After finishing up looking at some jobs in June Lakes (often referred to as the Switzerland of California), you bet we took a moment to enjoy the view right in front of us!

Take the time to enjoy those moments with family. You never know how long they’ll last. Or when you’ll get the chance to make more memories.

Pictured: Mountains over Gull Lake, in the June Lakes loop, looking across from the ballfield. The Eastern Sierras with Mt. Whitney, looking up from our Lone Pine jobsite.

Thanks Dad

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Thanks Dad It's Father's Day weekend. And many of us have our dad to thank for where we are. We're doing what we are doing, because we wanted to be just like our Old Man. Our pop used to tell us we would always have a job with him, as long as we stayed in school and got an education. But he also used to joke we would earn our Ph.D. working for him (Post Hole Diggers!) So it's fitting we say thanks to our Dads this Father's Day weekend. And a special shout out to Casey, Roland, and the rest of the crew from Hawk and Son Enterprises, Inc. They helped Tahoe out with the masonry CMU wall on this waterfront project in South Lake Tahoe. Awesome and beautiful work as always! Happy Father's Day and to continuing to make our dads proud. Pictured: 3' high, black ornamental steel fence with 12" high, masonry retaining wall along curved waterfront in South Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County.)

Thanks Dad

It’s Father’s Day weekend. And many of us have our dad to thank for where we are. We’re doing what we are doing, because we wanted to be just like our Old Man.

Our pop used to tell us we would always have a job with him, as long as we stayed in school and got an education. But he also used to joke we would earn our Ph.D. working for him (Post Hole Diggers!)

So it’s fitting we say thanks to our Dads this Father’s Day weekend. And a special shout out to Casey, Roland, and the rest of the crew from Hawk and Son Enterprises, Inc. They helped Tahoe out with the masonry CMU wall on this waterfront project in South Lake Tahoe.

Awesome and beautiful work as always!

Happy Father’s Day and to continuing to make our dads proud.

Pictured: 3′ high, black ornamental steel fence with 12″ high, masonry retaining wall along curved waterfront in South Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County.)

Ready to Play

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Ready to Play This past Winter and our recent wet weather has many of our customers ready to play in the sun. Snow damage and remaining snow piles have limited some Springtime, soon to be Summer, options. Around the Lake, we've lost count how many tennis court repairs we've looked at and done. In Mammoth Lakes, our crews just completed a new ballfield fence. Since snow is still preventing access to some of the ballfields, it was important to get this one ready to go. Thank you to the Town of Mammoth Lakes and Walker Industries Inc. for working with us and for another amazing opportunity in a wonderful place. Pictured: 6' & 4' high, galvanized chain link fence and gates along the 1st and 3rd base lines out to the new 6' high, and the existing 4' high, outfield fence in Mammoth Lakes (Mono county) 2023.Ready to Play

This past Winter and our recent wet weather has many of our customers ready to play in the sun.

Snow damage and remaining snow piles have limited some Springtime, soon to be Summer, options. Around the Lake, we’ve lost count how many tennis court repairs we’ve looked at and done.

In Mammoth Lakes, our crews just completed a new ballfield fence. Since snow is still preventing access to some of the ballfields, it was important to get this one ready to go.

Thank you to the Town of Mammoth Lakes and Walker Industries Inc. for working with us and for another amazing opportunity in a wonderful place.

Pictured: 6′ & 4′ high, galvanized chain link fence and gates along the 1st and 3rd base lines out to the new 6′ high, and the existing 4′ high, outfield fence in Mammoth Lakes (Mono county) 2023.

It’s Only Fitting

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It's Only Fitting This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day, which originally started out as Decoration Day. It began as a way to remember and honor those that died fighting America's Civil War. But people raised in the South will tell you there was nothing civil about brother fighting brother. Instead, they refer to it as the War Between the States. Memorial Day has become a day we remember and celebrate all our fallen American soldiers. It's only fitting that we personally celebrate it visiting the graves of our departed family and friends, cleaning and then decorating their sites with flowers. However you spend your weekend, Happy Memorial Day. And thank you to those that served and their families for all their sacrifices. Pictured: Tahoe installed Allegheny (Bufftech's rotationally-molded realistic stone) fence panels with hanging flower baskets and US flags in Mound House (Lyon County).It’s Only Fitting

This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day, which originally started out as Decoration Day. It began as a way to remember and honor those that died fighting America’s Civil War.

But people raised in the South will tell you there was nothing civil about brother fighting brother. Instead, they refer to it as the War Between the States.

Memorial Day has become a day we remember and celebrate all our fallen American soldiers. It’s only fitting that we personally celebrate it visiting the graves of our departed family and friends, cleaning and then decorating their sites with flowers.

However you spend your weekend, Happy Memorial Day.

And thank you to those that served and their families for all their sacrifices.

Pictured: Tahoe installed Allegheny (Bufftech’s rotationally-molded realistic stone) fence panels with hanging flower baskets and US flags in Mound House (Lyon County).

Oops, Think We Walked on Your Fence

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Oops, Think We Walked on Your Fence Oops, think we walked on your fence. Actually, had to in order to get the measurements for the repair. Fairly confident we didn't damage it further. A potential customer wants a fence to survive the Winter, similar to their neighbor's fence. Unfortunately, the neighbor's fence didn't come through too great either. 4' high, wood and wire fence still buried under snow. At least 3' of snow is still on/above its 4x4 top rail. Maybe by June the snow will be off the fence? Pictured: Partially exposed snow damaged wood & wire fence, still covered with snow, mid-May 2023 in Tahoe City (Placerville.)Oops, Think We Walked on Your Fence

Oops, think we walked on your fence. Actually, had to in order to get the measurements for the repair. Fairly confident we didn’t damage it further.

A potential customer wants a fence to survive the Winter, similar to their neighbor’s fence. Unfortunately, the neighbor’s fence didn’t come through too great either. 4′ high, wood and wire fence still buried under snow. At least 3′ of snow is still on/above its 4×4 top rail.

Maybe by June the snow will be off the fence?

Pictured: Partially exposed snow damaged wood & wire fence, still covered with snow, mid-May 2023 in Tahoe City (Placer County.)

Hey Mom, It’s Your Day

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Hey Mom, It's Your Day That's right moms, it's your day. Actually, you have the whole weekend to celebrate Mother's Day. Celebrated in both ancient Greece and Rome. Made into a national holiday in 1914 (which President really loved his Mamma - Woodrow Wilson.) And traditionally, more money is spent for gifts on Mother's Day than Father's Day (not only does Mom's Day come earlier on the calendar, but moms also get better gifts!) Let's celebrate our moms this weekend. Get some flowers or even a more personal gift, like a picture frame with an image only a mom could love. Ours. Happy Mother's Day. Pictured: Tahoe picture-frame fence with horizontal cedar boards in Carson City.Hey Mom, It’s Your Day

That’s right moms, it’s your day. Actually, you have the whole weekend to celebrate Mother’s Day.

Celebrated in both ancient Greece and Rome.
Made into a national holiday in 1914 (which President really loved his Mamma – Woodrow Wilson.)
And traditionally, more money is spent for gifts on Mother’s Day than Father’s Day (not only does Mom’s Day come earlier on the calendar, but moms also get better gifts!)

Let’s celebrate our moms this weekend. Get some flowers or even a more personal gift, like a picture frame with an image only a mom could love. Ours.

Happy Mother’s Day.

Pictured: Tahoe picture-frame fence with horizontal cedar boards in Carson City.