And Spring continues

Feeding the bees, that's me.  And that's my yard, last week.  Sunday, the dad of the young man who usually mows my weeds came and subbed for him.  Turns out my regular mower is now working at the Fleet Feet store, and on Marathon Sunday, of course he was tied up.

The dad hard at work, Sunday afternoon.

I went out and we chatted.  These folks are such good neighbors.  They help with snow, they help with grass, they are "dog people", having adopted Willow in the past couple of years.

Since Sunday, we've had clouds, rain and "below normal" temperatures.  We needed that moisture, and are grateful for it.

On the damp Monday morning, the dandilions have been decapitated.

Tuesday brought the usual personal trainer session.  I may or may not have let slip my reveries about getting in shape for another event at some point in the future.  The motivational struggle was mentioned:  "If I find myself self-sabotaging, maybe I don't want it as bad as all that."

May the Fourth be Wednesday?  Well at least, May the Fourth be with you!  Wednesday dawned gray and misty.  I have a guy coming to give me an estimate for backyard volunteer tree cleanup.  I want to know how much it will cost but also how much / what kind of work they do.  Can they also remove the fence parts?

Anybody wondering about that pesky insurance bill?

Here's how it turned out!  I did not find it in all my paper chasing.  But I did get the piles reduced and filed, and some "delayed decision" papers shredded.  Did you know if you defer a decision long enough, it dies on the vine?  I went through all my junk and trash folders on my e-mail.  I went ahead and scheduled the payment for when I paid it a year ago (I knew the amount, it's a static payment), and then, like magic... the bill came in the mail last Saturday!  I'm just going to blame the post office for it's changed delivery practices.

The great yard project of 2022

As planned, the guy came over to estimate clearing out the volunteer trees, long grass and weeds in the backyard.  He estimated phase I, and I booked it.  Yes, it's an arm and a leg, and will get worse before it gets better.

Phase 1 will be getting the volunteer trees out and the long grass and weeds cleared, and discovering the underpinnings, so we can develop a vision for the next steps.  Phase 2 will potentially involve a stump grinder (also take down the stump in front yard, from the tree I had taken down last year).  Phase 3 will be the repair/replacement of the fence.  

Wish me luck.  And expect progress photos, of course.  

I'm still piecing at the overgrowth, along the parts where I'm not hiring it done.  

Wednesday afternoon was our regular "sister walk" after the Ace got off work.  We swapped stories of our respective spectator experiences from Sunday, and how stiff we both were on Monday and how we're recovering.  We are grateful that we do these Wednesday walks, because if we didn't... who knows how much more fitness we might lose in our now "old-er" years.

That's about it from here.  Hoping y'all are having a good week.  If you're in drought territory, hope the clouds and mist from here is spreading your way, too.

Life is good.  Spark on!

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