Gardening couple finds respite in hobby
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Bromeliads and spider plants cascade down a rock terrace created by Cheever in his upper garden.
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A curbside view of their Pauoa home.
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Cheever sits in his garden house, which he uses for reading and napping.
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David and Cindy Cheever enjoy a picnic in their garden with David’s Bik-Nic invention — a bike converted for picnicking.
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Plants in Cindy Cheever’s area include a spider plant and pointsettias.
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The Cheevers also have second-floor seating that overlooks an upper garden and is close to the kitchen.
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The Cheevers also have second-floor seating that overlooks an upper garden and is close to the kitchen.
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Bromeliads are grown in upper garden.
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A bowl of succulents adds a green touch to the second floor sitting area that overlooks the garden.
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Potted plants hang on a lattice in the garden room, right, and various plants find homes in antique soda bottles he found in an old refuse pit. The birds are carved by Cheever.
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David and Cindy Cheever enjoy a picnic in their garden with David’s Bik-Nic invention — a bike converted for picnicking.
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Cindy Cheever’s area has a chicken pot feature.
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Stone steps took two months for Cheever to build.
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