Yesterday marked the beginning of that time of year which means that it’s time to break out the “tools of spring/summer” once again, and pick up right where we left off back in the fall: Yard work!
To some, it’s something to be dreaded, or at least not something one eagerly looks forward to. I guess I’m just happy to be outside again, doing “summer-y” things in late March, even if it’s nothing more than getting the mowers ready and tidying up the garage from winter’s debris.
A week ago, I put down the first lawn fertilizer/crabgrass preventer, which actually signaled the beginning of the yard work season. Yesterday, with the grass having grown
enough, and the temperatures hovering around 60, I mowed our palatial estate.
Riding along on the bright green John Deere, I basked in the sunshine and realized how great it felt to be doing this all again—this being out in the fresh air and doing good things for the lawn!
I also realized that there is a lot more to be done in the days ahead: All of the chicken wire we put up around the bushes to thwart the bunnies this winter needs to be taken down and rolled up and stored away. There’s lots of edging to do along the driveway and sidewalk. And the trusty weed trimmer will need to come out of mothballs very soon in the days ahead.
But these are all wonderful “problems” to ponder while easily cruising along my course of cutting the grass for the first time this year.
Yep, there is something special about the start of a new season, even if it’s yard work! Anyone else agree with me? Disagree?
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I agree, Mark. love it all…even the pollen!
Pollen is good, at least that’s what the bees have been telling me! 🙂
The start of a new season is indeed special, and though I love summer, for me spring and fall invoke the most emotion. With spring its a feeling of “anything’s possible.” With fall it’s a lovely melancholy (if that isn’t too much of an oxymoron).
Well said, Carrie. I think I’ve been bitten by that “anything’s possible” bug. May this go on for a long time! 😊