Bright and early this morning, before the sun had a chance to warm things up, KB9RDO was in my drive, calling me on his cell phone to wake me up! I KNEW I was going to oversleep this morning! He brought some tools and some energy, and in short order we started working in the back yard.
I have a privacy fence around most of my back yard. With fences come weeds that gather there and don't always get chopped off with mowing. We worked at getting the fence row cleaned up, then tackled a couple of problem areas: one, a fenced-in corner of the yard that used to be a compost area but has become a sprouting place for unwanted trees and weeds; the other, a spot just behind the fence at the gate where the garbage cans normally reside...but other things have built up, along with the weeds. They are 90% clean now! I have a lot of yard trash for the garbage folks, but the yard sure looks good!
The other part of the equation today was trekking all over Hendricks County in search of plants, tools, and brick chips. (Never did find the brick chips, although I bought them in Plainfield once!)
We had to give up a lot of exertion outside sometime after noon because it was getting too hot to continue. Still, the yard looks dramatically different than it did, and I am a happy camper! Just getting the patio cleaned up and pretty does wonders for my morale. I love to sit back there and watch the birds feed their young'uns. I think it will look nice for the Fourth of July family affair that is coming this way on Tuesday.
But now that Mike has seen me with sweaty hair, no shower, and no makeup, I'll have to kill him. It's not a pretty sight or smell. Sorry Mike....but thanks!
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