Getting Things Done

After the pruning and cleanup.

We’ve had a great stretch of good weather, and I’m making the best of it. On Sunday, I had a date with my neighbor, a chain saw, and a ladder. We finally trimmed the bottom tier of branches on four big trees, which will make a real difference in both light and air beneath them. We got to the redbud and the red oak along the front, and to the pin oak and the redbud on the other street. Not done (we got tired - my neighbor is even older than me!) are the trees in the back.

After a rest,  I spent the first daylight savings evening doing some light weeding while enjoying the late light. I noticed that at least two of the three chrysanthemums I planted last fall are sprouting now. I wasn’t sure they would come back. There are garden mums for landscaping and florist mums for decorating pots in fall, and the three I bought from a big box store were not labeled as perennial. Perhaps it’s just the mild winter, but I’ll consider it a win.

Monday, I finished cleaning up the smaller trim from the branches. I took a pass along the corner, both down by the street and up behind the wall. There were standing stems throughout, and a few weeds to root out. Now the sprouting foliage is all visible along it.

Still working...

I also have been doing a fair amount of planning and on-line shopping. I have a much more clear vision of where I’m going overall. I’m making sure I know what I’m going to do with everything I buy. I’m thinking a separate post for plans and purchases.

Today I did a pass through Home Depot, where things were buzzing from the sudden burst of warm weather. I was there for light bulbs, but I picked up some plants and supplies, again with a clear plan in my mind of where they are to go.

Tomorrow, I’m busy elsewhere much of the day, but I’ve got bite-sized chunks of work to squeeze into the afternoon.

I LOVE this time of year, and it is such a luxury to have the time to do things. I’m not as strong, and I don’t have the stamina I would wish, but I’m getting things done and I assume also building fitness along the way.