Memorial weekend came in like a Lion, and stayed that way. After all rains of the first third of the month it was nice to have a stretch there without a lot of precipitation. It has been a month of the trials and tribulations, and not a lot of blogging got in the way of that and I'm sorry about that. Things have been going on as is to be expected, that is indeed the nature of things.
Memorial weekend. Three days off in a row. A chance to get to some of the side work that has been begging for my attention. A chance to exercise my body to the point of severe exhaustion and muscle strain. in other words Yardening time again. Friday night after work Jenni and I went to dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse with our friend Melissa Shoffner, who asked if I was doing any yard projects since it seems that I normally do on Memorial Weekend. I hadn't realized I was that predictable, but she called it. The weather agreed and the time was right.
A while back Jenni had mentioned that the plantings and ring around the tree in the front yard was getting a bit ragged looking. I had been thinking about it too for a few month, but was on a long un-inspirational streak and it was not a priority. Other yard projects took priority, like the back and side yards where we spend way more time, so they had been getting the lion's share of my attention since early April.

Here are the results of the front yard "tree-juvination", I wish I had taken a before photo, but in a way I'm glad I didn't, it was really out of hand (and actually had a few volunteer trees growing in the ring). What you miss by not having a pre-tree-tment shot is that I also enlarged the ring to accommodate more pretty things.
Chuck Pace ©2010
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