Lock-down Day 252

Normal night, normal morning. I'm no longer being mewled awake, but they do meander around the bed, pawing at me, wanting to play! First, they want their breakfast, though!

Called again about the gate - I'm told the electrician is on his way right now!

Some people might get frustrated and angry about this apparent 'lack of service'. In the past, I probably would have, too. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I'm falling in love with that place! There is such a lot of potential there, I can really unfold my wings and fly! Inside the house and, of course, the garden!

It's also a choice of attitude. Getting worked up over things I cannot change has only one result: I'm miserable! So, why do that to myself? It's not other people making me miserable, but me. By my own choice! Oh, I'm not perfect - you've read me working myself up over such things, just like everyone - especially politics! Well, I work on myself, though. And most of the time, such things are merely a paragraph (literally, in this blog) and then I move on.

The trick - or rather the hard work part - is: Not to allow them back into your head! Once you've closed them, hold that lid down - don't let it spring open and overwhelm you! I also don't always succeed ... I keep trying! And at the moment, I'm winning.

Let me move my head back into my happy place: the garden! I'm on the lawn-mowing spree now, so I'll continue with that until the whole garden is done. Including all those little fenced off gardens. Giggle, by the time I'm finished, it will need to be re-done already! But if I just keep at it - after all, it's simply a walk in my park! Yeah, I wasn't going to mow it every single week ... lesson learned!

So, what should I do after that? There really is too much to be done at this stage - and too much of it needs doing urgently! Like ... that Rosemary really needs planting! It's dying in the pot now ... but that would mean weeding the herb garden. Then what about all those weeds growing tall in the front? I've already got thistles taller than I am! Can I delay planting the Rosemary? The Avocado also need planting soon ... and the Iris and Amaryllis should really go into the garden soon, as well. Oh, and with mippies using the flower pots as outdoor litter boxes - the Spekboom should come out of the pots and into the garden ... See what I mean about too much all at once?

Okay, those large weeds are really an eyesore, so, I think, when I've finished mowing, I'll tackle those. I'm already pulling them out of the lawn, as I mow along, so it's just the ones along the borders. That shouldn't take very long. Yet it will make a huge difference! And after that, ... gosh ... there's also all that pavement under the lawn! Sigh!

Well, as I walk and work along the outside, getting those weeds out, I might find some good places for some of the Spekboom. But then, I should really tackle the herb garden, so that I can plant the Rosemary.

There's still that creeper, which I can only get out after saturating rain - the same applies to those thorns, but also the the grass overgrowing the paving! I can only pull out grass roots, when the ground is soft ... ai, ai, ai!

Spoiled for choice, eh?

My car is not back from service. After all, it was only sent in the afternoon. I got the black bakkie to drive home in. Urgh - I don't like driving other cars. But at least I found reverse and the indicators / wipers are the same side as my car!

At home, the gate is still not working. But I can see someone was there and tossed parts out of the box. Let me guess tomorrow's story: "The electrician was there, and he knows what's wrong. He went to get the part, but didn't get time to come back and fit it. He'll do that today." Ha Ha!

Well, I started by pulling out those tall thistles along to wall! That was quite a job, and I managed to pull out only half of them - the other half, I had to cut down. They'll grow again, I'm afraid. But it looks much, much better! I can see my rose bushes again - and there's another rose in bloom! This one a red one!

Next I re-mowed the patch I did in the half-dark last night - yeah, good thing, too! Finally I mowed the next couple of rows. I finished only about the width of the center ponytail bed, because there's a thick, hard grass-like weed patch right in front of that. That took a lot of work, as I can't pull them out and mowing was really tough. In square meterage, I didn't do much - but I'm happy!

When I had my victory smoke, I decided that tomorrow night, I had better start by pulling out the clover field growing at the gate end of the lawn. It's under a tree, so grass doesn't get full sun, and it's just clover everywhere. They need pulling out WITH their roots, but for now, I'll just pull them off, then mow what's left.

When we all went inside, we found the stray on the mippies' counter having a good munch! Ha Ha! Chancer! I filled his bowl and put it outside - he wasn't far, yet, so I hope he's the one eating the food I put out every night.

Ziva was overjoyed to see me back on a carnivorous diet! They all were! Happily sharing my dinner again!