Yardwork
Before moving into my current rental, my lifetime experience with yardwork was nearly nil, which means that I am learning as I go. Earlier tonight I took my first close look at the front lawn (most of my work in the front yard so far has been pulling ivy, weeding
Yardwork
The days are quickly getting shorter and weeding the yard after work will soon become impractical, so I am getting out into the yard now every chance I get. The upside is that I will probably get the yard into the shape I want it to be before the rainy
Life
I'm back to work in less than 12 hours. It's been a good time off. Mostly relaxing. Of the seven things I had hoped to do during the vacation, I finished two and made serious headway on a third. Round about Tuesday, my will to get
Food
When I lived in Texas, I heard that there was nothing like drinking a glass of iced sweet tea after a couple of hours in the yard under a hot sun. I can now verify this remark. I'm almost ready to go out for another hour. Almost.
Music
I was up early both days this weekend to weed the backyard before the sun cleared the neighbor's trees (9am, more or less). Too hot this weekend to weed in the sun. I time my weeding by using the Steely Dan albums on my iPod. A short weeding
Yardwork
Pulled ivy that has sat in 100-degree heat for a couple of days smells like tea.
Life
One positive to riding home this evening on a packed, slow-moving TriMet bus in 102-degree heat while wearing pants and a long-sleeved shirt: When I got home, weeding the shaded side yard in 90-to-95-degree heat for an hour and a half seemed like a vacation. Was that one positive worth