Well, things are popping now.
Finally the arrival of summer and warm temperatures has propelled the backyard
into accelerated growth. Seriously, it is out of control. The grape vine is
reaching out to grab my lounge chair, and the cucumber plant keeps trying to
grab the dogs as they walk past. You can almost see them growing, at least
three or four inches a day. As for those grapes and the raspberries, the birds
have not found them yet. But Chandler has. He keeps picking whole bunches of
unripe grapes off the vine to eat, and picks ripe raspberries off that bush.
And just today he discovered the tomato plant has tomatoes on it and has
started eating those. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if that cucumber plant
grabbed his ass. It would put some fear of plant life in him.
Summer is rolling along and I
have taken advantage of the great weather. The past two days I finally got
around to painting the bedside tables Mark asked me to paint. I dragged them
out of the garage and put them on top of the city trash bin so it would be easier
to spray paint them. Thank you City of Chicago for the handy work bench you
provided. Mark was happy with the results and told me that maybe it was worth
the wait. Did I mention that he asked me to do this job three years ago? Sorry,
but I have to be in the mood to do a chore. I have a few other outside things
that need attending to, like the rotten fascia board on the garage and the
porch windows that need painting. The fascia board is on the side that faces
the neighbor's yard, and the windows are high up, out of my line of sight. So
maybe this summer, or maybe next. You just never know when the mood will
strike.
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