Many homeowners love their streamlined, conventional, chlorinated backyard swimming pools. While it doesn’t look natural at all, it does look sleek and clean and relaxing! Those pool owners are prepared to perform – or pay for a pool service to perform – routine maintenance and purchase and stock the chemicals needed to keep it up […]
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Be in the Know About Algae Growth, Part 2
Algae comes in many forms – well, 3 main ones to be precise. And in any shape and color, they’ll be unwanted guests at your next pool party or even at your family’s next evening at home or staycation. In Part 1, we looked at basic preventive maintenance, which will reduce the incidents of algae […]
When Dancers Are Mean Girls: Causes of Catty Behaviors
Call it whatever you want, bullying and meanness can easily creep into your dance studio. Referred to as relational aggression, this kind of hurtful behavior can take many forms, starting with actions as seemingly innocuous as one of your dancers rolling her eyes after another dancer’s performance or giving a fellow dancer a dirty look. […]
Mobile Children’s Photographer in York PA, Baltimore County & Surrounding Areas
Childhood is filled with fleeting moments – subtle expressions, evolving personalities, and milestones that seem to pass almost as quickly as they arrive. For many families, preserving these stages through photography is not just about having pictures, but about holding onto something meaningful and lasting. That’s where PhotoArtGraphy offers something truly different. Based in New […]
Backyard Inground Swimming Pool: Is It Worth the Investment?
In the pursuit of leisure and accessibility, creating space in your backyard for an inground swimming pool can be a promising investment. Presuming you live in a warm – or at least mild – climate that is pool-friendly, let’s briefly examine why more homeowners should consider incorporating an inground pool in their backyard improvement planning. […]
How to Keep Children Safe Around the Pool, Part 5
In our final article in this series (see Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4), we’ll consider some more practical rules you can teach kids to help ensure that they stay safe in and around the pool. Keep Away from Filters and Drains Drains or filters, especially in older pools, can pose a drowning risk due […]
Essential Foot Care Tips for Dancers, Part 4
One of the main reasons it’s so necessary to pay attention to the health of your feet as a dancer is because of the way it can affect your ability to perform your dance techniques correctly (see Parts 1, 2 & 3). In this article, we’ll take a look at how your arches, in particular, […]
Be in the Know About Pet-Friendly Pool Tips
Did you know that there are approximately 10 million swimming pools in the U.S.? Have you ever stopped to consider why this amenity is increasingly valued by today’s homeowners? It’s actually not anything new. In fact, the allure of pools of water for recreational purposes goes back decades, centuries, and even millennia! From purification rituals […]
Making Your Backyard Pool Disability Accessible, Part 2
Whether it’s sliding down a water slide, diving off the diving board, or simply plunging into the refreshing water from the pool’s edge, people without disabilities have a whole host of options for entering their pools. This isn’t the case, however, for the millions of people living with disabilities. Many of them simply have no […]
3 Options for Pool Heating
One of the most significant additions you can make to your new in-ground swimming pool comes in the form of swimming pool heating. Not only will it extend the swimming season, but it will also increase your comfort and thereby extend the length of daily swimming sessions during the main swimming season. Amid many options […]
Three Options for Heating Your Swimming Pool
Swimming pool heating is one of the most important improvements you can make to a new in-ground pool. Not only will it lengthen your reasonably doable swimming season, but it will also make you more comfortable, allowing you to swim for longer each day throughout the primary swimming season. Today, among the many possibilities available, […]
Fully Customized Senior Portraits with PhotoArtGraphy
Senior year is a milestone unlike any other. It marks the culmination of years of hard work, personal growth, and unforgettable memories – and it deserves to be celebrated in a way that feels authentic, meaningful, and completely personal. For families and high school seniors in York County, Pennsylvania, and across Baltimore and Harford Counties […]
How Seasonal Demand Affects Lumber Pricing
What comes to your mind when you think of lumber pricing? Is it confusion or maybe even frustration? Well, we’d like to help create a little more understanding through some education. We started in “What Factors Determine the Price of Lumber?” and continued in “How the Size of Boards Affects Lumber Pricing.” But there’s still […]
Great Game Ideas for Family Fun in the Pool, Part 3
You don’t have to spend a lot of money on fancy vacation outings in faraway places to create some awesome memories with your family. You can have plenty of fun with your kids or grandchildren right in your own backyard pool (see Parts 1 & 2). Here are some more great games to try with […]
How To Avoid Getting Swimmer’s Skin
Now that you understand what causes swimmer’s hair and how to prevent it in the future, let’s backtrack and give you some tips on how to cope if your hair is already showing signs of damage. Then we’ll take a look at what we’ll term “swimmer’s skin.” (Yeah, I’m pretty sure we just made that […]