Busy today, with the unlimited pick up for household items coming up next week. Everyone who was at home today threw in bigtime, and we were able to do some yard maintenance that had been neglected for awhile. The firstborn evaluated the lawn mowers, one self-propelled and one rider, that have been badly abused over the winter...the self-propelled seems to be significantly challenged and will not stay running but will turn over...the rider, which I had thought was the one we would be putting out in the trash pile out front, was in need of a very small part, a new battery and the blade sharpened....all that being done, we now have a very spiffy and totally functional riding lawn mower...the boys will be duking it out to keep the yard cut, rather than moaning and groaning every time it needs to be done...as a matter of fact, to show you how cool the running mower is, check out the link on the right to see the firstborn illustrating how well the mower is running now...popping a "wheelie" as he ripped through the mowing of the front yard in short order.I spent most of the day outside, clearing leaves out from around the low decorative bushes in the front of the house and the lillies on the north side of the garage. Two yard waste bags and a significant amount of sunburn later, the yard looks like someone cares about it again...next task, some weed killer to take care of the dandelions that are making their presence known.
This evening, the young one and his Sara are at the Spring Musical at NV...."Fame"...the firstborn is chilling in the living room, waiting for Ann to get home from working late, and I took a trip to the pond and park in our town to walk and watch the sun set...the photo above is of the pond WITHOUT ice on it (see other Flickr album photos of Olander from late winter)..next weekend there will be a Trout fishing contest there for the youngsters...they will put a bunch of fish in there and they will fish for a couple hours for fun and prizes...it was a beautiful night and a beautiful sunset...I was very happy to end the day that way...
Hope you have been having a wonderful weekend too...much love to you...
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