What a great day. I did sleep until eight and awoke to Dennis having cinnamon rolls and fresh coffee on the dining room table. Dennis had been up since six and had all of the livestock chores taken care of. Cats and kittens need fresh water and food bowls filled and the Koi snap up the food sticks as they hit the water.
I took a trip out to the far gardens as a test run to check for mosquitoes. Our lucky day, there were no biting bugs. I snapped in a freshly charged battery into the weed whip and began doing all the areas that Dennis can’t get to with the riding lawnmower. The trimming of the areas around the trees insures that the bark won’t get skinned with the mowers. It happens so easily and then all that you can do is smear the injured bark with grease.
As I used our push mower on the front yard and the area north of the house, my mind wandered. The wandering thing happens to me many times in a day, but today, on a great day such as this is, I sent up prayers of thanks to my Lord. Dennis and I enjoy taking care of our home and we enjoy doing it together . . . many of our friends can no longer stay in the home of their choosing, or they have to hire all of the exterior work. Oh, we get weary, but weary is doable.
Dennis knows what makes me just as happy as buying me jewelry, that is, if I wore it. One of my best birthday gifts was a brand new silage fork from Fleet and Farm to help with the gardens. This gardening season, I have 300′ of garden hose on the wind up hose reel Dennis picked out. All connections are secured and I can water and feed the gardens with a Miracle Grow hose adapter at will. This man knows how to keep his lady happy. As Dennis did the back part of the acre this morning, I had my area mowed and also had the gardens watered and fed, plus had the hose put up.
Yup, dirty as I was, I am one happy Stauffer Avenue gal. I thank the good Lord and Dennis for making my days happy.