The clouds and heavy rains of yesterday led the way to beautiful weather today. A cold front came through which gave us sunshine, low humidity, and gentle breezes. John took advantage of the nice day and was able to get outside and check his garden. He is rather distressed about all the weeds that have taken over after all his hard work getting the garden pretty much weed free. I keep telling him even though there are weeds, the tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and carrots are growing good and we will have plenty of them to eat. Everything is nice and green and makes the garden look great even if half of it is weeds.

Since we finally got a whole day without rain, the lawn mowing crew came over this afternoon. Sara, Sam, Hanna, and Rachel arrived after lunch to attack the jungle that is our grass. Sara used a push mower while Sam mowed using the ride-on. Hanna and Rachel walked around making sure everything was picked up before mowing began. The girls then came inside to give me a hand. I still can't lift or bend over very well, so they did some straightening up inside, helped get clothes put away, gathered up the laundry, and started a load of towels. They made sure the baskets and remaining laundry were up high enough for me so I wouldn't have to bend way over to reach things. They are such good workers and helpers--really take care of me.

Sam and Sara did a great job on the lawn. John was able to be outside and give Sam some direction on the easiest way to mow. However, there was a little miss communication when it came to mowing along the stone parking wall. Sam misjudged the distance and took out a few bricks. The rule is if you break it, you fix it. Sam fixed the wall.




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After the mowing was finished, everyone came inside to visit for a bit before heading back home. Both John and I are improving more each day and hope to be able to start taking short walks in a day or two. Life is slowly returning to normal more every day.