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August

The stuck snake

I had put off trimming over there as long as I could, and with cordless weed whacker in hand, set about bringing clean cut order to wildly growing grass chaos. After going down the long side of the porch room I started work on the area near the step coming out of the man room. [...]

12

July

No place for those with arachnophobia

I turned my foot sideways, and gently scooted another tarantula out of the way with it. This was the third one I had to gently scoot out of the way as I went about my watering routine. As I watched the latest angry arachnid crawl off in a huff, it once again occurred to me [...]

3

July

Yes! I want that

I’ve been making my yearning for a new cordless weed whacker known for awhile now. Rolling up the extension cord after I’ve finished using the electric weed whacker is one of my pet peeves. Lately, rather than do that, I’ve been using the little cordless grass shears I bought several years ago. They do a [...]

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June

Funky muses, and recycled garden totes

Funky muses, and recycled garden totes

Although the muse has been in a funk the past couple of weeks, my green thumb has been producing some lovely flowers, and a well manicured lawn. There are times though as I am weeding, feeding, mowing, trimming, pruning, and watering the yard, I do wonder what on earth possessed [...]

6

June

That does it!

I have been battling mice off and on in the house ever since we had all that remodeling done. Between the holes Nick left when he did his thing, and the holes the a/c people left when they did their thing, the mice had plenty of points of entry into the house. During the day [...]