I pulled the pavers away from the pine tree and am extending them out where the pine tree is blocking the sun and killed off all the grass. I have some longer pavers and square pavers mixed so I’ll make more of a pattern in a little bit. I’ll remove the pavers along the side of the sunshine ligustrum also, I just get worn out with the chemo and probably low blood counts.

But I’m going to move the pavers further out to fit the curve of where it’s all dirt. I need to move the ones out from the white miniature rosebush, too, on the far right because it’s all dirt there, but I was having trouble reaching them because of all the thorns. These are all pavers I’ve had there for 11 years, so they’ll need to be cleaned also. That one paver is tilted. There’s a pine tree root there. I need to move other pavers that are no longer needed where they are and add to this bed. I pulled the pine straw covering my boxwood in the back onto the dirt. The yard guys have been blowing it all up into that corner, and it’s smothering my boxweed. I will fill the new planting bed with mulch and topsoil, and then plant it with hostas since it’s shady all the time.

I was also working on another project where it’s all dirt, but I ran out of materials. I usually go to Lowe’s or Home Depot to get my pavers and supplies, but I’m having smaller quantities delivered for free shipping, so I’m not wasting gas and having to lift them into my car and out. I still have to move the big bags of dirt and pea gravel, etc., once they’re here, but at least I’m not wasting time going to get them.

So I work at one project and then jump to another, depending on the materials I have that will work there. I truly want to get a project done, but I’m still waiting on materials. It’s like when I’m writing on my books in the beginning. If I can’t figure out where to go, I jump on another story I’ve been working on. 🙂

With the last two downpours in the last couple of days, I have been filling 2-gallon buckets, which are quickly overflowing. So I purchased a 50-gallon rain barrel for the one spot. There’s no downspout there, just the juncture between the roof and patio cover and it’s forming a big hole. Another area is doing the same but there’s a sprinkler head right at the end of the downspout. So I need to work around it.

Off to get to work. It’s just beginning to get light out.

Have a fun and exhausting day, but only if it’s fun.

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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