Not What I Had Planned, but Good

Whew, spent all day hauling stepping stones made of concrete and pebbles, various shapes and sizes. My parents are getting their yard landscaped and having pretty rock walkways professionally put in, so they had all these old stepping stones to get rid of. We determined that they add up to about the amount of linear feet I need to be able to put in the pathways I have in mind for my backyard so I can take out the compost without putting on shoes, etc., so we loaded them all into their truck, brought 'em over, and unloaded them onto my patio. That was a lot of carrying of fairly heavy things.

Tired now.

Hopefully, this will help motivate me to do the mowing and shifting around of gravel that I need to do in the backyard to make it welcoming and enjoyable. It's more of an adventure than it really needs to be, currently. Partially because whenever I feel like mowing and edging and weeding, the front yard needs it, too, and I do prioritize the front since my neighbors have to look at it, but also because I wanted to find out what would happen if I let the wildflowers and bunch grasses and what have you do their thing without a lot of interference. To be honest, it's nice to look at all overgrown and semi-wild, but not so easy to navigate. I think I can be selective in what I cut down and what I leave at this point. The patch of grass between the shed and the orange trees, for example, is just not that interesting. It works better as mown lawn. The mystery ground cover on the side of the house, however, stays nice and low and is pleasant to walk on without any maintenance at all.

So tomorrow I will need to try to do the things I meant to do today: laundry, dishes, paper wrangling. The usual.