Almost There, But Now a Rest

Yes, I know this is Tuesday. I could have blogged Sunday but I didn't. No excuse. I could have blogged Monday but I didn't. However, I have a reason. I realized we were going to get the sod laid Tuesday morning and I wanted to post a picture. So here it is.

Ta da.... the almost finished project. This is our funny shaped grassy area with the new sprinklers going, about 5 minutes after we finished laying the last strip. The circle of rocks in the right center will be a mound of dirt with plants of some kind and either a bird bath or a garden pot with whatever Joyce plants in it. On the far right where it looks like nothing... that is because it IS nothing. There will be a walkway there -- probably wood, maybe stone. In the near foreground is the old "lawn" which will get replaced -- sometime. Just for reference, here is a "before" picture:

But now we need to turn our attention elsewhere. There are grandkids coming and that is very important. We have a Mumau family reunion to get ready for -- my job is the family tree. Then Fir Point camp for the kids will happen in August and our responsibility is the Bible lesson so we have to prepare for that. So The Backyard will get a rest ... and so will we. It seems it has been all consuming for so long. We started in May. I just checked the calendar and I rototilled the area on May 12. I guess being retired means you don't have to work fast. But for so long we have been working on it or thinking about it or talking about it or buying something for it or feeling guilty that we weren't doing one of the above. We'll finish it off later -- maybe September.

Joyce is working about 3 hours each day this week at the Day Care. In addition to that she has been a big help with The Backyard. I have been fiddling with the water from the Grants Pass Irrigation District pipe. We used it for about 3 weeks with no problems, then the other day they got a lot of gunk in the system. This stuff looks like little bitty twigs and pieces of wood. It plugs up the hose filter too quickly. I bought a bigger filter that I'll try this afternoon. The water we get comes from a dam on the Rogue River about 8 miles upstream. Then it flows through ditches to all parts of the city and surrounding area. Somewhere just above us the water is forced into a pipe and is under enough pressure that we can run sprinklers -- if we can get it clean. That seems to always be the problem with GPID water. But we're paying for it so I figure we might as well use it.

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Sunday we attended worship at Parkway Christian Fellowship. I sure like their spirited singing and I like Pastor Dennis' preaching. He has a great way of presenting the truth. Well, I'm off to the next project. I'll meet you on the comment page.