07 July 2008 – Monday

Another busy morning and early afternoon working on the yard. The first thing I did was go over to the Creers and cleaned up the morning glory that grew in the week that we were gone. It is amazing how fast it grows. It took me a good 45 minutes to clean up just the area I worked on a couple of weeks ago. I decided to see if Round-up did anything to stop it’s growth. The area is such that there are some large open spaces so I can spray the MG without damaging any of the other plants. Lynn Wardle worked on another area last week and it looks much better also. Hopefully in a month or so the front yard will look much better.

I plant most of the plants we got from Oregon. Most go on the North hill where they can be seen from the kitchen and bedroom, but I put a few in pots around the front door. The Berges returned our geraniums while we were in Oregon. They look great and I must go up and thank them.

Note – I just looked at my hands and between the dry climate and working out in the dirt, they look like old man’s hands again. I guess it is time to go back to Indonesia.

I spent part of the day dividing hostas. They can be divided about every 2-3 years. I am not dividing all of them – I want some to grow into huge mounds. That is what they do at the hosta nursery we went to and they look great. The large and extra large leaf ones are especially impressive.

We got a great surprise when Cindy and Krista stopped by on their way home from California. They seem to have a great time there. Cindy went to the big book fair and they also went to Disneyland. Mike and Tyler joined them later.

In the afternoon I went to Lowes and Costco before taking Mary to dinner at Café Rio. I really wanted to gorge myself on one of their salads so I did not eat any lunch. We went early enough that we did not have to wait in line and the food was as good as I remembered. I wonder how it would go in Indonesia?

So it was a busy day and a lot got done.