Today there was not much wind or heat or mosquitos, so we jumped on-board.
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| Workshop work |
We discovered that in GardenSpeak, 'some assembly required' involves 27 separate parts that require 96 nuts* bolts* hex bolts* pins* and 9 different sized wrenches to put together.
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| Assembled at last |
The Hubs devoted most of the day and did a great job assembling our front scoop. (I'd have paid the $100 for Sears to do it.)
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| On the job |
Old Abe is all blinged up, and ready to go. The new scoop was already in use moments later.
We are constantly reminded that challenges and opportunities are different ways of looking at the same thing.
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| Senior Excavator |
We discovered black birds have nested near the dog run and swoop menacingly around Sam when she goes in for her constitutional. Black birds are smart, family oriented and protective. Us, too.
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| Young Black Locust |
We rounded up a bunch of rocks of all shapes and sizes to get them out of the way of the mower. Out by 'the swamp' (what we call the neighbor's pool that is partially full of black crud and Mosquito Fish), we
discovered a whole bunch of Bearded Iris coming up in the weeds. We used the rocks as a border for the planter bed and I'll get to weeding.
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| Figs! |
We have two Queen palms from the other place that didn't fit in,
but they will look good in that planter among the bulbs, on the olive tree side of the yard.
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| Nevermore The Raven |
We
discovered the lone tree by the workshop is a young Black Locust. And Figaro is producing figs already. And the fig bushes along the south side aren't fruiting...need to check into different varieties there.
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| Geraniums |
Best bird moment: following a deep throated, crow-like call that was coming from one of the big trees along the drive, and finding an enormous bird about double the size of a crow -- it was a
Raven. Thinking we must be some unofficial Giant Birds Way-Station.
Cool.
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary ..." - EA Poe
