Mowing and Rascal Flatts - 133/365

Reagan was going to spend the day and night at Nana and Papa's, so I could get caught up on some chores and the grass. The grass was out of control and it's supposed to rain the rest of the week, so I had to get out there. 

 It was a mess and took literally 4 hours to do! I had to keep stopping every couple rows to clean the wheel wells out on the rider. Grass was just clumping and building up under there. I was wishing I had one of those bagging systems today! 

What lessened the pain of 4 hours of yard work was the new Rascal Flatts album! It came out today and I got to listen to it a couple times in a row and I LOVE every single song! It was awesome!! Reagan and Nana actually went out to Best Buy to pick up some hard copies, too! 

Can't wait for the double header this summer! 

Next, Reagan showing off the new Rascal Flatts ornaments.

 

Mushrooms - 273/365

Not too awful much going on today. 

Nana, Reagan and I went for a walk, and then to the Dutch Hause. When we got done, we went back to my house. Nana stayed and played with Reagan, while I ran to the grocery store. They had a great time playing on the play set. They must have went down the slide about a million times. 

After I put Reagan down for a nap, I threw some stuffed pepper soup in the crock pot. It turned out delicious! I love stuffed peppers, so this was great and super easy! 

This evening, Jim and Reagan had art class. The project today, was pretty cute. They took a Styrofoam ball, stuck it on a wooden stick and glued fall colored puff balls all over. They were the "leaves". She was so proud of it! 

While they were at art class, I tacked the mowing of the jungle that seemed to grow over night. I had to run the mower over the lawn three times to get it under control. The grass was pretty wet for it not raining for a couple days, so it clumped pretty bad, too. By the time I was done, it was pitch black. It was a total mess!  

When I was mowing, I noticed we, and our neighbors, have these weird mushrooms growing in a couple spots. They were bizarre, we never had anything like that before! 

The photo of the day is our mushroom garden...

 

 Next, is Nana and Reagan enjoying the slide... 

 Finally, Reagan's masterpiece from art class...

 

Mulch Day! - 134/365

It was one of my favorite days of the year, today! 

The landscaping trucks showed up! I love hearing the rumbling outside the window. It's always 7:00am on the dot, too! It' really is exciting to see the dump truck filled with fresh mulch! 

They give everything a nice big haircut, haul the old mulch away, and spread the new! They also give everything a nice fresh edge. I am beyond weird with the grass. I have to have a straight edge along the curb, driveway and sidewalks. If grass is growing over the side, it drives me bonkers! I edge after every single mow.

 The guys also RE-fixed, the numerous tire tracks through the front yard. We had literally FOUR people drive through the yard this past winter. They already fixed it once and most of it came in pretty good, but the last guy that drove on through, kind of tore up a piece that had already been fixed. I swear we need a guardrail out there. 

Anyway, they were here till around two, and there were four guys all together. Thank God for them!! Jim and I would need a month to do everything they do in a couple hours...LOL! 

 Now that they are all done, it's BEGONIA time! I can't wait to get them in the ground! I LOVE my flowers! 

 Another exciting thing that happened today, was, I saw my first Hummingbird! YAY! I filled up my feeders before we left for Myrtle, but I hadn't seen any customers. I spotted a ruby-throated flitting around. I grabbed my camera, that's always on the counter, to try to catch him eating at the feeder. He also went over to the cotton hanger I have in the tree, for them to nest with. He pecked some off, and I THOUGHT, I got some amazing pictures! I, eventually realized, that I had NO memory card in my camera! Are you kidding!? Was it my camera!? Oh well, it's a long summer! 

Also, Jim's mom came over today. She took Reagan to music class and then spent the afternoon hanging out with her, while I got some chores done! Such a huge help.

While she was here, I ran out to pick something up. When I came back, there was a HUGE blue heron at the front pond. I slowed down trying to get my iPhone ready, and of course, he flew away. Between the Robins last month, and the hummingbird and heron today, I'm not having the best luck photographing the birds...LOL! Oh well....

The photo of the day is the mulch truck! 

    

And, the haul away truck...bye, weeds!