Phase 1

Yesterday was quiet a day for a number of reasons.
For a start it was really hot.  I heard it described as furnace like.  Whie the maximum did not climb as high as predicted the minimum was high and it was really humid.  So it felt even warmer.  The day ended with storms in the area.  One looked like it was coming our way, and it sounded terrible but it dissipated before it got here.  I was relieved.
Merril and I had determined that we were going to work in the yard.  We had decided we would start and finish early to escape the worst of the heat.  That is what we did, and I was pleased. 
We worked on the front from 7am to about 10 am.  We got heaps of weeding, mowing and cutting back done.  It was really part one as there is other stuff we would like to do, and will do another day.
One thing we want to do is make the top of the drive wider so someone could park their car up higher and avoid the walk up the slope to the Cabin.  There is an area we will pave for that.  I have lots of pavers but they will need to be collected and they are each 60 x 60 centimetres.  They are really quite large and heavy.
We also want to put a secure delivery box for parcel deliveries.  Again we will need a couple of pavers for that as well as screwing it to our current letter box.  That is the plan anyway.  We have the letter box.  We will see what happens.
Originally I did what I did to eliminate the need to mow.   Best laid plans.  It is more work now than mowing.  One thing I have had to learn is not to crowd.  I did have too much planted, but we are coming back to a more open plan.  In my mind it is getting better and better.
It is just that right now if it is neglected it looks terrible.  Merril went for a walk the other day and people were sitting on their porch opposite.  Merril apologised for the way it looked, and a visitor commented that as long as they could see Santa, they were happy.  We had a metal Santa in the front yard.
Anyway phase one is done.  Phase two is next.  Sometime.  Soon.