Lawn games

It must be that time of year. Everyone is out in their yard doing some kind of maintenance. So not to feel left out, Wendy and I decided we would give it a try.

For the past several days the neighbors have had work crews in their yard. Wendy said they had a crew with chainsaws take out several trees. Then they had a crew put down grass and mulch. Then yesterday they had people out planting some green life. I told Wendy last night I hope they know these crews because that is going to be expensive. The neighbors' yard was not much to look at before. Now it looks pretty good.

We decide it is time to spruce up our yard. We have a couple of trees near the road that are dying or at least have ugly growth around them. One time, whenever it was, we did trim back and cut a few trees. One tree I had left the stump and vines grew up around it. I figured that one would be easier. So I decide to tackle that one.

Friday night we talk about doing yard work on Saturday. We wake up Saturday morning to a downpour. Well there go our plans, but wait...at 9:00 am the rain quits. So I go out and trim up the growth. I push on the stump and it comes right up. It was pretty much dead. Then it starts to sprinkle. As I am moving the limbs out of the yard, the bottom falls. I get drenched. I head inside. My clothing is stuck to me. As I pull my t-shirt off I hear a sound compatible to listening to a conch shell.

We think well the rain is set in we might as well run errands. So we do a couple of things. The rain stops for good around 2 pm. Around six o'clock I debate about going back out. There is a cedar tree that is almost dead and has growth in it. I decide to go and take a look. I am able to trim back branches. I am able to take the tree down. Now what is left is the stump. I push on it. Not moving. I pull on it. Not moving. I dig all around it. Nothing. I tried for a couple of hours, maybe not that long, but for awhile at least. Needless to say the stump is still there. There has to be some kind of root that is holding it in place that I am missing. I can move it in some places, but not in others.

Well that was my weekend and the rest involved sleeping.