I cleared the brush and grass from in front of the stone wall and then raked it too. I went out there with a trash bag expecting that I'd have to pick up a ton of trash first but there was only a few cans and some cigarette packs and that was it. We lived on a more major road before and people constantly threw trash out of their windows so this was a nice change.
It was raining before I went out and drizzled off and on as I went through the process. I ended up so splattered with grass, dirt, and bits of leaves that I had to shower again before going to Youngest Daughter's soccer game. A woman on her bike rode by and said that it looked wonderful so I'm making progress.
I didn't expect to see such large spiders when I cleared things out. A couple of times movement caught my eye and I expected it to be a mouse but it was a spider. One resident appreciated my efforts, the "chickmunks" (Youngest Daughter's cute way of saying that word). They scurried behind me like so many acorn groupies and chattered about the rediscovered holes and nut caches that I uncovered for them.
Youngest Daughter's team won 7-1 and she scored a goal.
We went to the Outlaw's house later in the day for lobster and fresh corn.
Posted by bbarton at September 29, 2003 11:47 AM