No, not the Covid19. Winter, winter is over.
Such a beautiful day
yesterday that right after breakfast I went out and mowed the
lawn. Don't you love the smell of fresh mowed grass? It brings back memories of
childhood, when Dad would be out in the yard with that old manual push mower on
a Saturday morning. I would hear the clattering of the mower and cursing, and I knew Dad
was out there. If he had my older brother out there doing the mowing, you
didn't hear cursing because my older brother was a saint. I didn't have to worry about doing
that chore for years. Not until Dad decided I was old enough and tall enough to reach the
handle on that lawn mower. Which was around five years old. Anyway, yesterday
was the first mowing of the yard for the year 2020, and that means winter is
truly gone. After cutting the grass, I brought all the plants I started in the
basement outside and put them on the picnic table. I have tall marigolds, short
marigolds, and petunias that I plan to put in today. Over along the back of the
house I turned the soil, added some new soil, and sowed some wildflower seeds.
I did that last year and it looked great. Unfortunately, this was the most
physical labor I have done in about four months and my back is killing me. So I
do plan to join Scout in laying around and doing nothing later today.
💙
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