Hey! From the "Swamp"

I have mentioned more than once how wet and muddy parts of our yard are.  We've had a lot of rain recently.  The yard was wet when the neighbors had a new roof going on.  That did  not help conditions.  Then we had to have our roof cleaned and the house power washed and the gates/fence scrubbed.  This only added to the worsening conditions.  And the drainage problems go back to the contractors grading of our property when we built the house.  It's always been a problem on both sides.

The front yard is much worse than the backyard.  Although the back does have the mole tunnels we are trying to get rid of.  It's just one thing added to another.  Our yard has gone from one of the best in the neighborhood to one of the "not good".  Les said he may not get to mow or do anything to the front until next Spring.

I've been handling the mulched areas and got out yesterday for a couple hours.  What needed to be done in the front I could do mostly by standing in the mulch.  When I had to move back and forth on the grass areas I tried to not step in the same spot more than once. I got the liriope and the daylilies cut back for the Winter and yanked up a few weeds, raked up a bunch of leaves.  Les has been working on the leaves a couple times and we are getting quite a pile of bags for the next bulk pick-up.

And today it is raining again!  Rained so hard last night pelting against the windows that it woke us up.  Sigh.

I have also mentioned that we have been waiting for a new tree.  The tree guy is running way behind his schedule due to storms, repairs, too much rain, etc.  Les and I decided this morning that we are postponing the new tree until next year.  I called and talked to Joel and explained, and he said he understood.  We are hoping that by the time it can be done he might be able to find our first choice of tree. We will talk about that when the time comes.  BTW, we have had so much rain that it has already washed away the paint lines from "Miss Utility" that were put down a couple weeks ago!  So, again, sigh.  Disappointing, but digging out the tree and grinding the stump and planting a new tree would only make matters much worse in the front yard.

In other news, Kirk went for routine service this morning, we went to breakfast, and then a bit later went and picked Kirk up.  Les has had his second shingles vaccine and gone to the chiropractor.  I've done the usual stuff here and groomed two of our three furry boys.  (nail clipping and brushing)  Will get Cecil soon.

A couple favorite TV shows are back for new seasons - "Mars" and "Star Talk".  They are on the DVR list!

So in spite of small annoyances, life is great!  Stay safe and God Bless America!