Same old same old

Another week down in coronavirus world.  How many more to go????

Good news is that our contractor, James, texted that he hopes to start work on our exterior projects next week....

More good news is that our yard continues to look better and better.  Weeds are being pulled.  The sister missionaries came over Wednesday morning to help move that project along.  While they worked, Steve and I moved dirt from our backyard by-the-house beds (the ones that were surrounded by the landscape bricks I sold) over to the front of the house and now grass seed is planted there. 

Below is the area where the sister missionaries worked.  Next week it will get grass seed.  And below that are the areas from where Steve and I got the dirt AND the front yard all planted with grass seed.  

Friday was a cloudy, raw, nasty day but I went anyway with my friend Elizabeth to Home Depot to buy plants.  She got a whole bunch for her yard.  I just got some snapdragons to put in the pot on our front porch.  

Saturday was sunny, warmer, and perfect for working in the yard.  I bundled up the rest of the deck debris to set out for the trash next Friday.  All we have left are two very long boards that I guess James will have to cut up and haul off....

In addition to deck debris, the garage is full of stuff waiting for coronavirus to end: 

Stuff to take to hazardous waste disposal.

Stuff to take to Habitat For Humanity's ReStore (not the garden tools in front, though)

I WAS able to get rid of three bags of aluminum cans that I had been collecting along Blue Ridge road over the past several months during my morning walks.  I got a whole two dollars for them from a metal recycling place in town.  

Below is how our above-the-front-door looks.  No bird's nests ever since we installed the mesh.  Hooray!

I worked at the Music Suite two days last week.  Steve installed a toilet paper holder and a towel rack in the bathroom.  He is not really into the handy-man scene so for him to do this was a big deal.  I continued to work on Days for Girls stuff throughout the week - cutting & sewing.  And, we watched four movies over the week.  Well, I guess you can't call the Mandalorian a movie but we got in three episodes on Tuesday night.  We also watched "Field of Dreams" (Steve's April movie), "Troop Zero" (on Netflix - cute and quirky but the "bad guys" didn't get their comeuppance like they should have), and "Seabiscuit" (Steve picked this one our of our DVD collection and what a great movie! Glad we have it)

I will close with tulips from our front yard and violets in the back yard (they are my weed of choice)