I'm doing something I've never done before - sitting outside with my laptop. It is a little hard to see the screen. I wonder if they make some kind of filter to use outside? I'm sitting at the picnic table in the woods behind the house so I can watch the piles of brush that are still burning. I've worked hard all morning, raking, cutting, and hauling brush to put on the fire. I don't know why, but I don't find anything more satisfying than doing that kind of physical work outdoors. I guess it takes me back to my childhood days on the farm. What I really love is pulling long vines down out of the trees! It gives me such a feeling of accomplishment when a huge tangle of brush comes crashing down around me. Yes, I'm a little wierd.
This week has been all about yard work. The weather has been perfect with plenty of sunshine and highs in the 70's. Another thing I remember from the farm is "Make hay while the sun shines," so everything else is on hold this week. Monday I got the vegetable garden planted, the first one I've had at this house. Yesterday I potted plants and cleaned out the fish pond. Today the air is still, so I'm burning before the burn ban goes into effect next month. I want to keep a close eye on the fire, so I brought my lunch out on the deck to eat. The portable phone keeps me in touch with the rest of the world as much as I want to be! (It did help me plan Easter with Sean.) When I got really tired, I lay on top of the picnic table with a rolled up sweatshirt under my head and just looked at the trees and listened to all the different bird songs. This is the life! Sometimes I miss my paycheck, but on days like this I am reminded of what I gave it up for. How nice to do the work I want to do, when I want to do it, and at my own pace - all in perfect peace.
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