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a view in the back yard
2022-Mar-20, Sunday 03:46 pmI don't want to move and leave this house. It's counter-intuitive, I know. Life here in the #WarzoneInMinneapolis is stressful. On Friday, I listened to an unusually long (more than half a minute) exchange of various gunfire only 2 full blocks east from my house, and that was less than an hour after previous exchanges about 5 blocks farther east. And that was after Tuesday's detonation of loud kaboom fireworks about 1 block away, for no celebratory reason that I could guess. Plus all of the lesser gunfire and commotion that's just the usual background noise here.
Still, though, I want to stay. I've spent years slowly adding plants to my back yard. I want to eat apples and cherries and blackberries from my yard. I want to make a Christmas candle from the bayberry bushes that I planted long ago but are growing so very slowly. I want to watch the rabbits and squirrels and birds. I want to finally spot the raccoons that visit my yard. I want to dig the low point into a formal pond for the frogs that also live here. I feel too old to start over elsewhere.
Given the chance that I may leave in only a few weeks, though, I'm trying to "finish" the path in my back yard. I was going to put tiles for the path, but I've changed my mind and will use them to border the path instead. I want the main path to be full clover. Today, I spent some time rolling up the black plastic that I laid down last year to kill the last untouched grass. The ground has thawed unusually fast this week, about 5cm/2in deep. It's still quite frozen below that point.
Does this initial "draft" path look straight to you? Or does it veer a bit to the left?
And did anyone ever foolishly make spoons out of lead? I retrieved this very heavy spoon from the yard. Quite sturdy, with a square handle instead of flat.
(As always, click any photos to embiggen.)
Still, though, I want to stay. I've spent years slowly adding plants to my back yard. I want to eat apples and cherries and blackberries from my yard. I want to make a Christmas candle from the bayberry bushes that I planted long ago but are growing so very slowly. I want to watch the rabbits and squirrels and birds. I want to finally spot the raccoons that visit my yard. I want to dig the low point into a formal pond for the frogs that also live here. I feel too old to start over elsewhere.Given the chance that I may leave in only a few weeks, though, I'm trying to "finish" the path in my back yard. I was going to put tiles for the path, but I've changed my mind and will use them to border the path instead. I want the main path to be full clover. Today, I spent some time rolling up the black plastic that I laid down last year to kill the last untouched grass. The ground has thawed unusually fast this week, about 5cm/2in deep. It's still quite frozen below that point.
Does this initial "draft" path look straight to you? Or does it veer a bit to the left?
And did anyone ever foolishly make spoons out of lead? I retrieved this very heavy spoon from the yard. Quite sturdy, with a square handle instead of flat.
(As always, click any photos to embiggen.)