greg and i left sunday morning for the house as my cousin was coming tuesday (today) to reline the furnace chimney, and there was also lawn mowing to be done. as you can see, it was grey and rainy.
this i was not looking forward to mowing! greg set to work right away cutting the parts of the lawn that sloped down, as those areas are more difficult for me to do, and i would have to finish up what wasn't done sunday on monday while he worked online. meanwhile, i began setting things right in the house in preparation for summer family get togethers. we finished around 7 and the weather stayed nice for us to have dinner with a gift card my nephew had given us before covid for a restaurant in town.
they have a deck you can walk out on.
the pre-strawberry moon rising in the east . .
this video is a bit jiggly, but i like hearing the bird song.
the food was incredibly delicious . . i had ravioli with fresh corn and lobster and greg had a pizza with shrimp, yellow peppers, basil and marinara sauce.
and we shared key lime pie for dessert.
----
monday night's moon rise . .
so, i really don't like mowing. it seems so destructive and wasteful . . all that gasoline! i'd love to just have little patches of grass that could be easily mowed with a rotary push mower, surrounded by a small meadow . . or surrounding a small meadow. i think i need to check out the book beautiful no-mow yards by evelyn hadden from the library again.
----
tuesday:
today was a long day in regard to relining the chimney. the workers arrived around 11:30 and finished around 6:30. my cousin oversaw the realignment of an exhaust flue before leaving with some sandwiches i made for him and his wife (with whom i was able to talk for awhile and catch up on family news). it was a tiring afternoon as there was some intense drilling that had to be done, and i was also finishing cleaning up the house and packing to come home. but all was accomplished, and it was a pretty drive back.
the strawberry harvest moon rose over brooklyn on the way home. it was a beautiful dusty yellow, low and large in the sky.
manhattan as seen from the ramp to the brooklyn queens expressway . .
What a job with the mowing! Peter does not let me mow the grass. He thinks it is not a woman's job and he says he would feel really bad if the neighbors saw me doing it :). We have an electric mower, which does not have the exhaust problem. Cutting the grass short reduces the number of mosquitoes, though! And you can see the toads and snakes better and don't end up stepping on them. I am so sorry about your sneezing attack! Miriam has really bad allergies and sneezes all the time. We have started some allergy treatment with drops, but we have re re-order them.
ReplyDeleteThe food does look good and I hope that the lining job has been done correctly. Beautiful pictures, as always!
Thank you for the good words about the photos. I hope Miriam is feeling better. I finally have some relief this week. Greg mentioned that we could see snakes better (a big deal growing up in Florida), but I hadn't thought about the mosquitoes. I still think I should read a few books about no mow lawns :P
DeleteMiriam's allergies are different every day. She got new drops, but even the allergist now thinks that maybe nothing can be done for her. Maybe you could leave some areas as "wild islands" and mow the rest.
DeleteExactly, Eva! That's what I thought: little wild islands surrounded by lovely paths. In regard to Miriam's allergies . . I find that certain foods such as wheat and sugar will put me over my limit of what I can tolerate, so I try to refrain from eating them when the pollen is particularly bad during the springtime, but it's not perfect.
DeleteYou could give it a try. They have been trying to do something here at the college, but they found out that there are too many weeds that choke the real pretty wild flowers. I think it needs some careful weeding in order to get a good selection of flowers growing. We don't really eat wheat, just some spelt and mostly gluten-free. I know there is a connection between digestion and allergies. We have tried some probiotics for allergies, but they did not help so much. The allergist tested her and she was mostly allergic to mold and dust.
DeleteYou deserved all of that gorgeous food! What a whole heap of mowing, still you now have a lovely place to visit over the summer xx
ReplyDeleteIt's peaceful, and I especially enjoy being there with family.
Delete