Many More
I would enjoy many more days such as this one. It’s hard to stay in the house when there is a breeze blowing, rustling the leaves that tempt some of them to decide to fly away. Our Hackberry tree in the back has had many leaves vacate the premise.
It did take me quite a while to patch the exterior hole of the back garage’s west wall. I worked on it while Dennis had an eye appointment. A scrap of vinyl siding and the tin snips were what I had to work with. It was measure twice and cut once. I can’t tell you how much I rely on the “600” industrial glue. Of course, the rock that blew through the wall had taken out portions of two slats, one on top of the other, of the siding. When Dennis came home close to noon, he stood on the east patio and from where he stood . . . “You can’t even see that there was a problem.” It was a good job to take care of before colder weather comes and a critter would want to take shelter in our garage.
Dennis had stopped at the Fleet and Farm store before coming home from the eye appointment. Checking out the eves, Dennis realized why he has gotten stung by a wasps two different times. Those buggers sure know how to hide their nests. Those buggers sure know how to retaliate when their nests are sprayed. Dennis’ spraying must have made contact as shortly thereafter there were two struggling on the drive. Can’t struggle too much when my shoe descends on them.
I managed to find something to do outside until three this afternoon. If one stood still, the air felt cool. Moving around through the Hosta beds cleaning up sticks and branches it was very comfortable. I did notice that there was not a single Black Walnut off our two trees. On the other hand, the acorns from the neighbor’s tree were abundant. I raked up a bushel basket of acorns from under our Lilacs, some shucked and some not. I think the squirrels had their quota. Dennis will be slow roasting them in his fire ring in days to come. Dennis made sure to blow off the patios often as it was like walking on marbles there for awhile.
I have noticed various school buses going by from other towns. There must be some normality with extracurricular for the kids. Our normality hasn’t changed an nth. We do what we have always done, which is to keep our noses down and take care of what presents itself each day. Some days are busier than others. The main thing is each day we remind each other as to what day of the week it is. Priceless!
Thursdays are welcomed as they are the hint that the weekend is not far behind. Enjoy this wonderful Minnesota weather ya’all!