A Weekend In May: Saturday Part 1

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Dale was off to breakfast with a friend this morning. I sat outside with some coffee. 

                     

My goal today was to rake out the grill garden. Mission accomplished. 

                      

The temperature was comfortable. 

A Weekend In May: Friday

Friday, May 10, 2024

So far May has been splendid. Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 60s/lower70s. It actually seems like late spring. It seems for a few years now spring going into May has remained chilly and rainy and then suddenly jumps to really hot summer weather. I've really missed this beautiful transition period we're experiencing now. Work's been rough for both Dale and me. We're beginning the weekend with cocktail hour in the back yard. 

I lit up a little Macanudo and poured myself an Old Fashioned. The evening started out pleasantly warm but as soon as the sun dipped below the trees it felt a little coolish but putting on a jacket solved that problem.

I made it a two cigar night with my second being a Romeo y Julieta. Good to be hanging out in the back yard in nice weather again. 

Harvest Moon

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Squeezed in a Romeo y Julieta before dinner tonight. Dale joined me in the back yard. It was very pleasant out but it's really getting darker so much earlier now. 

Took a walk after dinner and caught a glimpse of the Harvest Moon which peaked yesterday morning. Can NOT believe tomorrow is the 1st of October. 

Messy Backyard

Sunday, September 24, 2023

First day of fall yesterday. Today sat in the yard with a cigar. 

As mentioned in the previous post I've had a broken fibula just above my ankle. I'm still in my boot but it'll come off this Thursday. I'm going to have to put some time getting all of this cleaned up. It's really gotten overgrown since my surgery. 

The pine tree is shedding needles galore. They are such a pain in the neck to clean up. 

Broken Bone

September 17, 2023

Broke my fibula above my ankle in July and haven't been able to do as much yardwork. The yard has gone to hell.

Despite it looking like crap I'm still enjoying being in it. (My boot is barely visible in the lower left of the photo.)

Rain Gauge

Monday, June 26, 2023

Dale bought a rain gauge at Bachman's yesterday. He said we've had about a quarter inch since then. 

Monday, June 26, 2023

Planted most of the flowers I bought yesterday.