Yard Work

We walked all five days this week, usually something is going on that we miss a day here and there.  After we got home, Vera said I had visitors, it was Steve on his mower pulling the pigeon wagon with Dianne, Ava and Harper in it.  The girls hopped off and ran to our door and started knocking, when I opened it they gave me a couple of small loafs of banana bread.  Then they asked where Vera was and headed off to find her.  Pretty soon they had a Nerf football out throwing it around, when Vera took Dianne out to see the flowers on the back deck, they were out there in a flash.  I think Ava wanted a daisy, she was really excited by them.  Vera cut them each a rose that really smelled good, they were all over the decks and when it was time to go, they wanted to stay.  I got my little Cobra out and decided to change the receiver to a new one.  That involved pulling half the body off, I am amazed that I did not lose any of the little screws that hold the two halves together, they are about 3/16 of an inch long and about 1/16 or smaller in diameter and they take the smallest screwdriver I have.  After we had lunch on the deck, I decided to weed eat and then mow.  Of course, the battery for the weed eater was dead, so I started mowing while it charged.  After a couple of passes, I remembered some limbs I wanted to lop off that get in my way.  By the time I was done with that, I had enough stuff cut that I had to get the Quad out and haul it away on the trailer. While I was out at the compost pile, I hooked onto a tree that had fallen last winter and cleared the trail it was blocking.  The battery was charged when I finished that, so I got to weed eat before mowing like I had planned.  The mowing went good, and I ran over the trails also, just a few branches to pick up now and they will be in great shape.  After dinner, I went out to work on the Cobra some more, and Michelle showed up with some things she had for me.  We had a nice visit before and after unloading, she headed home early to rest as she has a cold or allergies.   I got the body back on the Cobra, but still have to program the radio which is a new one, so I will have to study the manual this evening.  No pictures taken today, so here is one from 10 years ago.

It was taken at Gabe and Des's wedding, Happy Anniversary!