No Bad Ideas with Squirt Vonnegut

Welcome to No Bad Ideas, a wandering home for my odd projects, backyard experiments, and late-night thoughts. Click around, stay curious, and borrow any idea that makes you smile.

A beautiful purple martin bird perched on a branch
Blog
Muddy work boots beside freshly trimmed hedge clippings and a hand rake on a garden lawn.

Honestly, don’t visit this section

Recent musings, rabbit holes, and filed complaints.

Landscaping
A lush garden with blooming plants and green foliage showing seasonal growth

Flora and Fauna

Some flowers just need to be sniffed. Some butterflies need to flutter by.

Around the House
A home interior mid-renovation with a wooden ladder, paint cans, and drop cloths in warm afternoon light.

What’s happenin’

Dogs, projects, and recent failures.

Doors
A weathered blue-green wooden front door with an aged brass handle set in a stone wall.

I hate these things

A few observations from the garden that keep coming up, season after season, whether invited or not.

Blog

Half-finished schemes

Collecting the half-baked next to the finished, and letting them argue.

Notes from the workbench

Musings, observations, writings — whatever the day handed me.

Landscaping

Muddy boots, good day

Landscaping notes from a yard that never quite finishes cooperating.

The great hedge debate

Crooked on purpose, or crooked by accident? You decide.

Around the House

House fixes, small wins

The kind of home improvement that mostly improves my mood.

The room that keeps changing

A household project that refuses to declare itself done.

Doors

A door worth staring at

Odd door obsessions, documented before the paint peels further.

Every stubborn doorway

If it sticks, swells, or squeaks, it probably ends up here.

A sunlit backyard garden with a curving stone path, lush hedges, and a wooden bench in warm golden light.

Featured — Landscaping

A lot of my stories start with a picture

Muddy boots, crooked hedges, half-hung doors. Browse along to see the messes, the makeovers, and the moments in between.

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A weathered blue-green wooden front door with an aged brass handle set in a stone wall.

Doors

Every stubborn doorway

Odd door obsessions, collected one hinge at a time.

A home interior mid-renovation with a wooden ladder, paint cans, and drop cloths in warm afternoon light.

Around the House

House fixes and half-finished schemes

Finished projects, and the stories in between.

A bright yellow notebook labeled No Bad Ideas on a wooden desk surrounded by sticky notes and enamel pins.

Musings

Collecting the stories in between

This site is my workbench for landscaping notes and odd door obsessions.