Saturday, May 06, 2023

labor/leisure

Big A and I decided against a walk (MSU graduation day is today and campus seemed overrun) and worked on clearing out brush in the woodsy patches alongside the driveway instead. We got a lot done, but we have tons more to do--raking is probably next as dead leaves are choking the ground cover.

I took no breaks, but I did get distracted... I was excited to find a morel and then found about twenty more. I've been checking the patch in the S.E. corner by the fallen elm since the rains, but I think that area has been blitzed too thoroughly by the mower to produce anymore. So happy to find this new (to me) patch. 

Pic: Big A with a big stick. I call him the "branch manager" when he gets too bossy. 

5 comments:

Gillian said...

Big tree.

Nicole said...

Lololol branch manager!!!
Your driveway is GORGEOUS. And yay for Big A being home!!

StephLove said...

It looks like you have a nice big property. Bet it can be a lot of work taking care of it, though.

maya said...

Gillian--yes!
Nicole-- 😉 one of my favorite things about coming home...
StephLove--I suspect the trees make it look bigger. I imagine it's less maintenance than grass--we mow the back a couple of times in the warm months but, until now, we hadn't done anything out front in all the years we've lived here.

Sarah said...

LOL branch manager

"bad idea, right?"

More meetings today, including two terribly fraught ones... including one in the boardroom where 99% of the portraits on the wall are of old...