Richard has been a real trouper I would say he has done 95% of the unpacking all while still doing his full-time work as a Pastor. That means I've only done 5% and mainly when I have needed something specific that I dig through a box to find that something, so while I'm looking I might as well unpack the box. As you can tell I've not looked for much. I guess I've spent the biggest chunk of time working in the yard. I work full-time at a desk Monday to Friday so once the week-end is here, weather permitting I prefer to be outside even if there are a ton of mosquito's this year.
Richard has sorted the garage as well as unpacked all the boxes inside the house. This was the first part of sorting as not all the boxes were unpacked yet and the motor home was still full when these pictures were taken.
Here he is helping me by chopping down that big old lilac shrub, tree, bush... not quite sure what you would call it at this point. I had removed a load of brunches that I could cut through with the trimmers. Richard enjoys swinging the axe, this lilac is now gone and be is working on chopping out the stump. The stones that I take from around the pond I will store where the lilac was, once the stump is gone. Which basically means my work on this pond has come to a standstill.
That branch just missed me, I guess I was a little too close. We placed all the branches over the fence along our property but in the back alley, we had no more room in the yard unless we left them on the lawn but it doesn't take long to kill grass when you have things on it, so over the fence until Ron could come and help take them to the dump.
I wasn't sure what this last picture was of but now I remember. Richard went to Sears to buy a lawn mower arrived home with, not only a lawn mower, but also a gas weed whacker and a garage organizer. They were all on sale and he can't pass by a sale especially if it is something he can use to make his life easier.
So there you have it. That is what Richard was doing while I cleaned ponds, cut down branches, hedges and moved stones about. Our little deck area is now finished this year and I have the small pond there working with a bamboo fountain. The stones are back and a few plants placed between them to fill the gaps. The snow on the mountain is still being pulled out, we used round-up between the deck boards and the weeds are just about gone.
More pictures will follow on some other tomorrow. As the house is basically box free and the garden is being dug.
