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August 14, 2006
I'm the yard boy...
1:00pm Although I didn't mow (needed to water more, will mow tomorrow), I did get a chance to see the Giant Swallowtail butterfly that had just hatched on the lemon tree...He hung around awhile, juicing up his wings, and I caught his first flight into the world while moving the sprinkler...he was fabulous and I hope he tells his friends to come lay more eggs...the yard/garden is looking good...I brought all my Gaffer glass with me, and tonight Brian is picking up the daybed/trundle...nearly everything is out, then we'll do a round of cleanup/minor repairs and list this puppy...I wish we were selling in March and not August - the yard is so much prettier then...oh well...
7:30 am Time to get to Austin and take care of the yard...we spent all day Saturday there, and part of yesterday, bringing home misc stuff, and watering the lawn..I'm thinking I should mow today...the butterfly garden is looking good, butterflies and birds galore...i've seen at least one monarch, but no eggs/caterpillars on the milkweed just yet...one of the gulf fritilary butterflies were actually chasing the monarch away...but it kept coming back...yesterday a small pair of birds were flitting all around the trellis, I think they were taking a bath in the sprinkler...Brian donated his fish tank and a local school teacher came by and hauled it away...
And our freakish sofa and matching chair, the we bought brand new just 6 short years ago were left on the curb, with a 'free' sign on them...the cats (one particular cat, actually) completely trashed the arms of both pieces, and Brian didn't want to bring it with us...can't blame him really...I posted it for free on Craigslist, and I hope wehn i get there this morning that its gone gone gone...
I've asked Brian to help get the printer station setup so I can start mailing beads to ya'll...so that's our next project...last night he got our main television hooked up, but the cable company didn't connect all the channels (HD) that we asked for, so phone calls were made, but they still weren't working when I went to bed last night...they aren't high priority, its just one of many things that need to get ironed out...right now I am unloading the car with our Halloween pumpkins (the plug in kind), and bird feeders...Its never ending, thats fer dang sure...
Posted by Donner at August 14, 2006 01:11 PM
Comments
Donna that cat picture is hysterical! Thanks for the laugh! Have a good one!
Posted by: Rachel G. at August 14, 2006 09:57 AM
I can just imagine how long the cat sat for THIS photo!
Posted by: Julie V at August 14, 2006 10:11 AM
How many scratches did you get trying to make your cat wear that????
Posted by: Gail at August 14, 2006 04:15 PM
"I wish we were selling in March and not August - the yard is so much prettier then...oh well..."
Donna, have pics of your yard in a photo album to show how the yard looks in march..some people I know did just that and it helped the sale...
Good Luck!
Posted by: Adriana at August 15, 2006 11:46 AM
oh yeah, i'm gonna post pics of the garden when its much greener and in bloom, that's the plan...but still, when folks walk the property, if they aren't from Texas, they may not understand why the leaves are falling off the trees and why the backyard is crunchy...they'll just have to figure it out...
Posted by: donner at August 15, 2006 03:27 PM