Work and Rest

 I had lunch with my sister Laurie and my cousin Kris today. It was a rest day. We had interesting  conversation and good family time together, in person.

When the weather cooled off over the last four days it was time to tear into the neglected yard. The summer slump was upon us and with everything going to seed, we thought it was better to have it looked a bit groomed instead of bedraggled.

I cleaned up all of the lawn edges. Tom Mowed. He was also working on prepping and painting the shed/greenhouse. We both snipped and clipped and dragged bins full to the compost bins. 

This lower garden bed is glorious in May and June, full of Nepeta and Lady's Mantle and poppies and columbine, delphiniums and clematis, and even a rose. But that's pretty much all done now.

Before

Now the edges are trimmed. Flowers all over the yard are deadheaded.

After: And a lot of cleaning out has been done.

We've traded June freshness, as shown in my header, for August tired but trimmed. 

I'm tired too, but after this day of rest, we are headed up to Whidbey this evening for a night at the cabin so we can get an early start on cleaning up the cabin garden. The weather is heating up again and we will have to work in the cool of the morning. Hopefully a couple of hours will be enough to do the job.

There are other family members and guests staying at the cabin so we won't linger long. We'll be back home before the 90 to 100 degree days hit us. Staying inside with air conditioning will give us more deserved rest time. 

We're tired of hot weather too.