At Least it did not Rain Today

Today was kind of a dreary day just about all day long and even though it did not rain to day it looked like it might at any minute. This morning as I was putting the paper into the recycling bin after finishing reading it after breakfast Andrea call. Kathleen picked up the phone after a while so I hung up and went outside to dead head the roses. This time of year, and for the next four months, this becomes an almost daily task.

As I was taking the rose trimmings to the yard debris barrel I noticed that Andrea's SUV was on the front lawn, so I knew that she was here. As I was putting the rose pruners away Andrea and Brandon came outside, Kathleen followed a few minutes later so I got out my big McLane push mower and mowed the back lawn.

Brandon liked watching the mower and followed me with his eyes as I pushed the mower over the grass. I think that he was a little intimidated by the size of it and all the grass coming out of the front of it. This mower is so much heavier than my little electric mower but when the grass is was wet as it has been it does a really good job of cutting the grass.

The little Brill does a really good job on dry grass but even when the grass is not very high the grass is so full of moisture that it gets hung up on the cutting bar and causes the Brill to make a grinding noise just like it would if the mower cutting tall grass.

After I finished mowing, I played catch with Brandon, first with a tennis ball and then with a half size football. By playing catch I mean I would throw the ball into the air and when it stopped bouncing Brandon would pick it up and hold it out for me to come and get from him and then wait for me to throw it again.

Andrea left just before Kathleen had to leave to meet up with the lady from church and after everyone left I made myself a Sandwich with ham, turkey and Provolone. And then sat in my chair and dozed again for a while. It has gotten to be a regular thing for me; kind of my siesta after lunch.

Kathleen came home around 1730 and had stopped at BiMart to return some birdseed that I had gotten a week or so ago and picked up some thistle seed and some other things. She also stopped at Papa Murphy's and got a pepperoni and pineapple delight pizza. We both like the delight pizza a lot because there is about half the crust and we do not have nearly enough left-over; I also think that it is probably a lot healthier when compared to a regular crust pizza.