Monday, September 19, 2022

What a weekend

I got the vest done. It is for the adult son of a friend.
Saturday morning I was outside about 7:30 to do some yard work before it got too hot. I worked in the yard for 4 hours. I cleaned up the flower bed at the curb. Before and after
I pulled the weeds out of another smaller bed and filled the wheelbarrow.
Then I worked on this stump from the pine tree I cut down a couple weeks ago.
I pulled up the weed cover
then went after it with the electric chain saw. I cut it away in sections and after about an hour the worst of it was gone.
I filled the depression with a bag of top soil I had in the garage and two loads of dirt I got from one of the flower beds. Spread the grass seed I had to go buy, sprinkled seed starter on top (because I had it on hand and to hold the seeds in place), watered and now it is a matter of waiting.
I finished sewing the labels on 4 quilts and messed around the rest of the day. I was so tired I just couldn't focus on anything.
Sunday I was outside at 7 a.m. and put 2 more hours in the yard. I work on the center flower bed. I am about 60% done with this bed. I filled two wheelbarrows.
Here is the before and after
My next project was to finish the vest. I did some cooking and worked on a couple smalls, laundry, and packaging up items for mailing. Meanwhile, I had no service on my phone and the A/C was not working right. I think the Freon has leaked out again so the leak seal that the A/C pumped into it in July didn't work. The service man is coming tomorrow since rain is in the forecast today. Tomorrow is forecasted to be 88 and I can't be without A/C. It is going to be bad enough trying to sleep tonight without A/C.

3 comments:

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

Your hard work is paying off in the flower beds. There won't be much more new growth coming up now before winter. I was just thinking about the rest I need to clean up in the back before the leaves fall.

That vest turned out nice. I hope the recipient loves it.

Kathy S. said...

You did a great job on the vest. Your friend's son should be super pleased. Your flowerbeds were a lot of work. Wow! They look great and ready for fall. I need to do the same soon. This wet weather is making the weeds easier to pull for me.

Vicki W said...

Good work on the vest! I hate sewing on quilt labels and I need to get one made for Groovy 3.