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BetteTheRed said:
Wawa, famous as the place hitchhikers can never get a ride out of...
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We're also talking about taking the northern route (highway 11). There was a nice little campground in Hearst where we stopped once. It was closed the last time we went through. Accommodation may be an issue
 
BetteTheRed said:
To whoever called the City on me about my less than perfect grass, and some weeds. I hope you lose someone, get depressed, and someone does the same to you. It's particularly hard right now because my hands are so damaged by 18 months of hand sanitizer and disinfectant.
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Can you ask on a neighborhood Facebook group for some yard help? I think there are a lot of people who are willing to help, even more if you offer some baking as a trade.
 
Good morning, all! We've made it to another weekend. As yardwork concerns and travel discoveries come up, let us pause for hot, caffeinated bevvies, and chitchat of all sorts. Come and get it.

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People who are insensitive ... tend to be folk that don't know that they lost something ... like when psyche drifts off in the winds ...

I know it is an insane metaphor .... but given the attributes of the human sol ... I tray and fit in! If it looks stupid ... you just don't know until getting to the core of it!
 
First draft of my story for the current competition on Stories Space is done (as much as I do drafts, given my penchant for editing as I go). It is one that came to me in the last couple days after some earlier stories kind of got stalled.

BetteTheRed said:
To whoever called the City on me about my less than perfect grass, and some weeds. I hope you lose someone, get depressed, and someone does the same to you.
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I have only called the city on someone's yard once. In that case, we had weeds that were visible over the fence and were already ticked at them because of noise violations, parking violations, and I forget what else. It was a renter and the landlady was a PITA to boot (didn't even live in the city).
 
Well, my grass is mainly weeds, but it looks green enough if it's cut. First I have to get the mower charged up, and just as I did that, actually, the day before the City fella showed up, it commenced raining and today's been the first day dry enough to cut. I got the bottom third of the rose garden weeded and mulched, and the milkweed/bee balm (pollinator patch) tidied, so it'll be done by my deadline of Tuesday.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Well, my grass is mainly weeds, but it looks green enough if it's cut. First I have to get the mower charged up, and just as I did that, actually, the day before the City fella showed up, it commenced raining and today's been the first day dry enough to cut. I got the bottom third of the rose garden weeded and mulched, and the milkweed/bee balm (pollinator patch) tidied, so it'll be done by my deadline of Tuesday.
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Sounds like an industrious day Bette! Good work. I found the best tool I've bought in recent years is a ryobi edger/trimmer with rechargable battery. No matter how the garden looks - putting a tidy edge around it makes it somehow seem intentional vs neglected - and super simple & quick with a decent tool. I used to do all my edging by hand - and it took forever. Now, every couple of weeks - poof! Done in 20 minutes or so - back and front!

Today my mate got overly ambitious in his 'trimming' of the cedars by the house - lopped off some larger branches I had been trimming strategically for a couple of years to promote more central growth - they were coming along really well - but now gone. Sigh. Why is it so hard to just chat before doing big things???
 
I moved the catio to the spare bedroom window ( right on the driveway pavement, its gonna be hot...
so I can get working on the deck. Plan to frame it with screen, so we both can enjoy it together.
 
My day has been productive. Cleaned up my drawer in the kitchen (where I keep keys, wallet, etc.), wrote a story, updated some financial records, biked almost 13km, did some weeding and fertilizing in the yard. Oh, and somewhere in there, I updated WC2 to the latest software version.
Carolla said:
Today my mate got overly ambitious in his 'trimming' of the cedars by the house
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I have a couple large bushes (almost trees, really) that need some work but I'll wait until my neighbour is around. He used to have a nice little electric chainsaw and that will cut through the heavy branches faster than my hand saw. And he hauls the stuff away in his pickup, too. And I might get "overly ambitious" given that I get clocked on the noggin by one almost every time I cut the grass.
 
Carolla said:
Sounds like an industrious day Bette! Good work. I found the best tool I've bought in recent years is a ryobi edger/trimmer with rechargable battery. No matter how the garden looks - putting a tidy edge around it makes it somehow seem intentional vs neglected - and super simple & quick with a decent tool. I used to do all my edging by hand - and it took forever. Now, every couple of weeks - poof! Done in 20 minutes or so - back and front!
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Is it a string trimmer? I hate those things. I run out of string, can never find the right one again, and I can't rewind it properly.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Is it a string trimmer? I hate those things. I run out of string, can never find the right one again, and I can't rewind it properly.
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I have one and somehow ended with two big rolls of spare line. Probably mislaid one then found it after buying a replacement. Yeah, winding the spool is a pain. Fortunately, if I load it with as much line as it will take, that generally lasts me a season.
 
Good morning! Time to rise and shine! Or at least rise enough to get coffee or tea... Not a very shiny morning here, cloudy and dark, but hot beverages should help the mood anyway. All things are ready, for chats of lawn work, swimming dogs, stories and journeys in progress, etc. Enjoy.

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Yeah, no shining here today if you believe the forecast. Quiet day ahead. Bit of shopping, bit of cleaning.
 
It's stinking hummy ... and then some do not believe in the hum of nature so the environment just can't bee ...

Indications of the sacred life of ...
 
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