Another Day Working in the Yard

It was absolutely perfect weather yesterday here on the west coast – sunny with temps in the mid 70’s. Too bad we had to spend most of it working in the yard! Paulette was the first one to work early in the morning, getting busy with pruning a few small trees, weeding flower beds, clearing out her rose gardens and generally just fixing and cleaning things up.

Our small pond needed a bit of attention, so Paulette busied herself with that and a few dozen small plants and flowers – none of which I happen to know the name of.

My job was cutting the front and back lawns, as well as organizing our storage shed. I still don’t know how that shed gets to be such a mess each spring especially since we don’t use it all winter. One of those eternal mysteries I guess.

By the time we decided to call it quits for the day, my utility trailer was overflowing with grass, weeds, tree cuttings and other garden debris. So, I decided it would be as good a day as any to take a drive out to the municipal Refuse Transfer Station at Bing’s Creek which is about a 20 minute drive from our house.

The great thing about taking a trailer full of garden refuse to the transfer station is its free! No charges for dumping yard and garden stuff – its about the only thing that is free anymore.

After I got back from getting rid of all the stuff in the trailer, it was 3:30pm and I was pretty worn out. So, I just grabbed my book, a Coke Zero, put my feet up and read for a bit. Paulette was taking a short nap as she was really tired from all the work she did.

For dinner, Paulette tried a new curried chicken recipe that was just excellent. Later, we took Molly for a walk, and then come back home and watched a movie. Not too bad a day after all.