We certainly made up for the lost time last week-end with this week-end's yard activities! Not only did we mow everything in sight but we also planned, laid out and planted an herb bed just behind the house beside the red shed and planted/mulched an area behind the yard shed where we previously had a thriving crop of poison ivy. It was busy! Dad on the Kubota turning the mess into a tillable area on Saturday afternoon. Then, on Sunday afternoon the "neighbor lady up the hill" came down with her shovel to dig, dig and dig some more. I told Grammy she reminded me of a terrier with all the digging she did.
Dad has pictures to post as the project appeared after we finished on Sunday afternoon. There are still some finishing touches such as rock edging, more colorful flowers to fill in (it is still too cold at night for the annuals) and other small additions to be made but the hardest part is done now. It was fun and tiring.
Grammy discovered that the two pecan trees behind the white shed have borne nuts - at least there were lots of nuts mixed in with the many layers of leaves and sticks from past years that we cleared out of there. Meemaw brought those two trees from her old house in Portsmouth many years ago (before Dad and I were married) and planted them there behind the white shed. They have been bearing for some time now judging from the amount of nut shells we found when we were cleaning out the area. I need to remember in the fall to watch for a good crop of pecans for Christmas food. Meemaw would be so pleased!
Win, we know you are happily getting ready for camp season - your reason for living through the other eight months of the year. Give us an update now and again and some pix of the activities!
Emma, Miss Social Butterfly, how about an update on the opera you played for this past week. What a full life you lead in the Big City of Atlanta taking advantage of every cultural opportunity and festival!
Andrew you are probably descending into NYC as I write this so we expect to hear from you about your adventures there this week. We will watch NG for possible sightings of you in the studio these next few days.
Dad is home all week on vacation. He has big plans, though, for chores around the house. What my electricians call a real "Honey-Do List"!
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As promised here are some pictues of the work we did this past weekend. For some reason I couldn't get them in the correct order. The second and last pitures are from in fron of Emma's "Cave". We thought you would enjoy seeing how your plantings have grown. Enjoy and blog soon!
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