Working the Garden & Visiting with Friends

Yesterday the weather cleared and got very comfortable in the afternoon. The east end of our property slopes down to a nature trail. It's a large chunk of our land and has become overgrown with native grasses (fine) and noxious weeds (not fine).

A friend loaned me an industrial strength weed whacker and I've been working this part of the property, cutting down waist high (and higher) swathes of weeds and grasses. I must wear safety goggles and ear protection when I use this machine.

Also, I don't want to subject the neighborhood to more than one fuel tank's worth of noise at a time. That's about as much as I can physically handle anyway, since after "whacking" I must rake and tote huge piles of dead vegetation up the hill. I sort of wish someone around here had goats.

El Grumpo (one of the neighbors) used to have goats but he got rid of 'em a few months ago. Allegedly the guy who owns the property at the top of the hill behind us has or is thinking about getting some goats. He probably has enough forage for them on his own property, however.

Angel may make cookies and bring them up to the family at the top of the hill (she's done this for most of the other nice folks in the 'hood already). Maybe when we deliver the cookies, we'll ask them if their goats would like to munch on our weedstack.

Today is darker and colder out. No complaints. We've got a nice fire going in the wood stove. The house is cozy. I spent a few hours on-line looking for work, emailing old colleagues, etc. Then I returned some stuff to the local library and ran a couple other errands.

Tonight I need to teach a beginners' yoga class at the local athletic club. It will be interesting to see who shows up. Although I've taught lots and lots of yoga classes over the years, until now, no one has asked me to teach a class for complete beginners. It will be interesting and a good experience for me.

I am hoping that tomorrow will be nice enough to do some more outside. It will be important to get the property in shape before the "real winter" sets in in November.

Is this the right rock?