Typical summer weekend

Even though it is not officially summer until this Friday (6-21-13) it is already hotter than it should be.

Today is Sunday, it is afternoon and I am inside writing this, rather than outside enjoying fresh air. It is so hot outside that I don’t even want to sit on my rocker near the garage door and watch people drive by. 

My wife of 44 years is planning a garage sale next week. I need to go outside and see if I can use a mister with a fan to cool an area. If you are not familiar with the mister, it sprays out a very fine mist of water when connected to a water hose. This mist will cool the air temp 15 to 20 degrees and the fan might move the cool air enough so that Donna and I can stand it outside during the heat of the day.

On a different subject;

Saturday was a busy day at the Hewitt branch of the Ford Homestead; Donna had decided to continue her thorough cleaning of each room in the house. I on the other hand, was attempting to stay out of her way. The grounds keeper for the Ford Homestead was up early. He took the pickup and trailer and helped David haul off a load of limbs from their home. When he returned to the Homestead David, Gabi and Alex were with him.

They backed the trailer into the back yard and the grounds keeper explained that he would move the trailer to its parking spot using the riding mower. He noted that he could move it without straining using the rider.

It was decided that I would go to “brunch” with Dave, Gabi and Alex, we would make it a father’s day event. Brunch is that time when it isn’t breakfast or lunch. We enjoyed pancakes and other things at the local Ihop. We couldn’t think of anything else we wanted to do so we all returned to our homes.              

We here in Hewitt have had enough rain to keep the grass growing even though we haven’t had any in the last few days. It was decided that the grounds keeper would cut the grass. He started with the front yard hoping that when he finished the front yard the predicted rain would come. As usual he mowed the front yard twice, first on an angle away from the street then in line with the street.

Last week I had words with the fellow that mows the neighbor’s yard about leaving grass in the street after mowing. It seems, in Hewitt there is an ordinance which states the home owner is to not leave grass in the streets or along the curb after mowing. This “paid mowing person” had blown grass into the street and was attempting to spread it out by blowing it toward other people’s property. After we talked he attempted to blow it back into the yard where he had mowed.

When the Ford Homestead grounds keeper finished mowing he was reviewing his work and he noticed the grass looked less manicured than usual. When he went to get the broom to sweep the grass from the curb he noticed that he had the mower set one notch lower than usual. Grounds keepers should not make that type of error; that is what you would expect from an amateur.

It was not raining when he finished the front yard and as a matter of fact the sun was peeking through the clouds. Our grounds keeper decided he should mow the back yard. As usual he used the walk behind mower to get close to the fence and flower beds and then got on the riding mower to mow the bulk of the yard.

After some discussion it was decided to mow the back yard one notch higher than usual. This was a good decision as the yard looks nicer than usual.

On a different subject;

My eye seems to get a little better each day but it is taking longer than I would like. I am still using the eye drop that supposedly caused part of the problem. The drops are for inflammation and I am to use them through the end of this week.

I did get glasses but I was and am hoping that I would not need them for distance vision.

 

I hope you have an interesting and safe week.

 

“The Grounds Keeper”