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And one LAST snippet for the week.

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Still some green stuff around my yard. Diligent watering. And this is what some of my impatiens look like.... And this is what others look like! Need to work on those a little bit today. And my day is ready. A fun list, with a cup of coffee. Big thing on the list? Catch up on all my blog friends!  What a great day this is going to be! And one last snippet from the week. Yesterday was hot, the hottest I think I have ever experienced. The temp on the bank sign said 112 degrees. It might read a little high, but I have never seen it that high. Of course, I had a cattle trailer to letter. We do vinyl signs and vehicle graphics along with screenprinting and embroidery. This was an off-site job. We have no place to put a cattle trailer and it was too hot to do it in the driveway. Metal, Sun, I would have baked, So... I go to the place the cattle trailer is parked. A sort of garage/barn. I don't take a ladder. Surely they will have a ladder or even a five gallon bucket I c...

Yard work on overdrive!

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This week so far can be summed up in Yard Work on Overdrive.  Nothing much was accomplished last year and one year without mulching seems to make the next year even harder. These stones are scattered throughout my landscaping.  More than anything they are a reminder every year of how they appeared.  Shelby never had a decent vehicle when she was younger, she had lots of vehicle due to her driving record, but never a nice vehicle.  She had this old lady looking Buick, bought because it had a  little more room around her and given her tendency to hit things, it looked much safer than some of the tin cans that she had driven.  She pulled in one day with the entire trunk full of these stones.  Let me just say that the Buick was riding a little low in the back.  She had found a place that was going out of business and was giving these away.  She then proceeded to drive from house to house and give them away to anyone that would take them, emp...