The first day back to school! It has arrived with a flash, a bang, and nary a whimper. I took their photo to commemorate the moment, and then we found the lines we needed for each class, and the bell rang, and BOOM! home alone for the first time in more than a year. I ran a couple errands, and have mowed my lawn. I’m about to walk over to the in-laws to put out their recycling, and that’s my day. Perhaps some laundry. A bit of a tidy up. But nothing major. I’m going to save the driving range for tomorrow. All of last weeks organizing, and cleaning has paid off. I’m several weeks ahead on inside stuff. I’m not totally ready to start the table just yet, but that will start soon enough. Just trying to bask in an ever so slightly decluttered, and quiet house. TV isn’t on. Radio isn’t playing. Dogs asleep at my feet. It’s all good.
Lawn is done. I cut down yet another small tree that my wife wasn’t too fond of to clean up the front of the house. If I pull up the tomatoes that will go a very long way in tidying up the front yard too. This year it’s not the pumpkins being a problem, but the tomatoes! Gardening, what a hassle it can be at times. I took a few outlier branches off of some ground cover shrubs near our front door, so they are longer a tripping hazard. You can clearly tell where the step ends now. So nobody should twist an ankle by over stepping it anymore. Not that it has happened. But it could have, due to the poor visibility due to the branches. Either way, it will make shoveling snow there just a little bit easier.
I do have a fair bit of exterior maintenance left to do. The back hedge needs another trim up, along the sides, and top (if I can reach!). The patio space feels crowded in by the hedge growth. I have at least one full bag of weeds to pull out from the back alone. Some neighbourhood cat is using my front, and back flower beds as a litter box. Not a fan of that. I deal with my dogs poop, I don’t need to deal with somebody else’s cats bowel movements.
We got home later yesterday than I would have liked. When we did venture off the traffic was lighter than usual (a nice bonus!) But the sky grew dark way too soon. Far too soon for my liking. Well, I best venture off to the inlaws to catch the blue box man. Ciao Bella!
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