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Apr. 21st, 2008 09:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mereilinToday we woke the kids at 4:00 and drove to Lexington to witness the annual reenactment of the skirmish on the Battle Green. I think the kids could see from their perches on our shoulders. Jon and I didn't see much. Next year I think we'll visit the Battle Road instead to witness a variety of events at a more civilized hour of the day. As Danny so eloquently put it, "I am SO not getting up at 4:00 again."
Tonight Sadie asked, "Was it yesterday we saw the parade, or today?" Because honestly today felt about two days long. Besides starting well before dawn, we went from battle reenactment to Concord parade to arrive home by 10:30 a.m., at which point we started doing yard work. I got my clothesline installed at long last, the garden is well hoed and just about ready for planting, and Sadie put in a flowerbed at the corner of the driveway. Jon took a chainsaw to the overgrown yew by the front steps and cut off the top half of the overgrown rhododendron bush. I cut the yew into manageable bits and the kids dragged branches to the backyard. I also lopped all the dead wood off the azalea bush; hopefully, it will get some healthy new growth now that it won't be overshadowed by the yew.
I planted three flats of tomatoes. It's probably a bit late to be starting but better late than never. I hope I can manage not to kill them; I have a really lousy track record with plants.
I have a wicked sunburn. I am utterly exhausted. And even though we made HUGE differences today, there's still so much left to do that it isn't even funny. Oh, well. If we moved we'd find ourselves dealing with someone else's unfinished projects. Might as well suck it up and deal with our own.
Tonight Sadie asked, "Was it yesterday we saw the parade, or today?" Because honestly today felt about two days long. Besides starting well before dawn, we went from battle reenactment to Concord parade to arrive home by 10:30 a.m., at which point we started doing yard work. I got my clothesline installed at long last, the garden is well hoed and just about ready for planting, and Sadie put in a flowerbed at the corner of the driveway. Jon took a chainsaw to the overgrown yew by the front steps and cut off the top half of the overgrown rhododendron bush. I cut the yew into manageable bits and the kids dragged branches to the backyard. I also lopped all the dead wood off the azalea bush; hopefully, it will get some healthy new growth now that it won't be overshadowed by the yew.
I planted three flats of tomatoes. It's probably a bit late to be starting but better late than never. I hope I can manage not to kill them; I have a really lousy track record with plants.
I have a wicked sunburn. I am utterly exhausted. And even though we made HUGE differences today, there's still so much left to do that it isn't even funny. Oh, well. If we moved we'd find ourselves dealing with someone else's unfinished projects. Might as well suck it up and deal with our own.
