I have seen a lot of posts about not killing the dandelions in your yard because that is what the bees use for food in the spring before everything opens up. You know....my yard should be Bee Heaven right now. And I do not care. My mom is so proud that they have fought the battle of the dandelions and win every year. They have a beautiful yard and home. People know who they are because of it and remark to them about it when they are out and about. I will not be known for that although I have had many older women in the neighborhood stop and remark to me how nice my flower gardens look. Personally I think they probably look really nice to them because they remember what it all looked like before I bought the place. It is just a comparison.
And there I go again not giving myself credit.
There is this father and son that go past my house on bikes every Saturday morning. The father looked quite awkward on the bike the first few times but he is now looking more confident. The son has a smile on his face. I am deducing that dad always had other things to do before but now he has free time and is doing more things with his son. Son obviously is quite happy about it.
I do not begrudge the Stay at Home orders and shutowns for things like allowing nature to get cleaned up and thrive and for families to thrive. I do, however, mourn the negative impact it has had on businesses and personal economy. I think there are lawn care businesses that are hurting because more people are beginning to take care of their own lawns because they have time and it is something to do and/or they can't afford to pay someone else to do it right now. Frankly, if I had the money, I would pay someone to at least mow it for me.
I gave my dad's laptop to my cousin Tommy and he fixed it for him. I paid Tommy since this was the 3rd laptop he had worked on for me. Hopefully there will not be others. Dad is pleased that he will be able to use it again.
I hear the woman next door yapping at her husband. She is so loud. I am hoping that I will be able to get my lattice privacy wall up this week before TJ gets here. I would like to go out on the deck with him. It will not stop the noise from next door but it will lend a bit of privacy. I should be able to open up my blinds on that side of the sunroom. The Lucy won't be laying there watching them and barking every time someone makes a move.
I am washing some clothes and waiting for my outdoor work clothes to dry. I need the oversized sweatshirt to wear because it is still cool with a damp breeze. I am just enjoying sitting here in the sunroom right now while Lucy watches out the doors. The summer noises have begun...cars driving by with their windows down and music turned up, a few motorcycles. There aren't so many motorcycles yet because they use this road to go to Geneva-on-the-Lake. It is a summer 'fun' spot with games, outdoor eating places, bars, a small amusement park, zipline, and lots of bikers. I used to go there on summer nights with my friends when I was a teenager. We rode go-carts, played mini-golf, ate pizza. The amusement park sat quiet at that time and of course there was no zipline then because no one had thought of it. They have an arcade too. I was not into video games at that point. I tried playing pinball a few times. We just hung out with other teenagers. The bikers all basically stayed at one end of the strip at that time. Now they are all over. More bars have opened. The strip hosts a Biker Weekend near the end of summer and the roar off all of those gangs of bikers going past my house is enormous. Lucy and I escape to my parents' during those days. Not sure how that will play out this summer.
I am hoping they still have the boat parade this summer but I don't know. With social distancing it may not happen because there is always hoards of people that gather.
So many things are different and hard to plan out.
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