Garden and Lawn Work

June 28th - Monday 80 degrees - Cloudy and humid

We were awakened this morning by a series of phone calls and after all of the details concerning them were taken care of, and breakfast out of the way, we decided to take the plunge and see if we could locate the part that was needed for Lou's friend's tractor.

If you remember this has been a long going process and after nearly three hours on the computer with several "live helps" we found nothing. The part has been discontinued by the Onan company, so the only hope we have is to be able to locate an used part someplace. Lou called a neighbor that had a tractor like his friends at one time to find that his neighbor had sold two of them to an unnamed person in Covington on Canada Road, so Lou has set out to drive Canada Road in the hopes he can spot a gentlemen that enjoys restoring old tractors. Lou also needed to cut his grass, as the scheduled lawn cutting for last week did not materialize; therefore, DH is off taking care of obligations that keep popping up.

I took advantage of the situation and took steak from the freezer to marinate for dinner, made a large potato salad and have fresh bread rising to bake just before dinner. I decided that onion and dill bread would go good with our steak. I have a fresh cooked strawberry pie prepared for dessert. This is a recipe that one of my friends in Ohio always baked and remembered that it was delicious. Lou told me that his father preferred the cooked strawberries in shortcake, so Lou found this an interesting recipe. The crust that is used is a sweetened pie crust that is patted into the pie dish and then bakes. Wednesday night is "strawberry night" at square dancing and thought this would be a different recipe to use.

With dinner taken care of and the laundry out of the way, thought it would be a good time to trim our shrubbery around the house, was a wonderful afternoon to accomplish this job, as the skies were cloudy and it wasn't so hot that I could enjoy the challenge of making the shrubs look good. Sue had given me electric trimmers several years ago and after I learned the lesson to be careful of the cord, I have found them the perfect tool.

When we met at dinner tonight and compared our afternoons, it looked like my afternoon was much more successful than Lou's. He was not able to find the gentleman that bought the tractor and when he tried to cut his grass, had problems with his lawnmower. Thankfully, I was able to get the shrubbery trimmed and the mess cleaned up and hauled away.

Dinner was wonderful and enjoyed by both of us and we enjoyed a great movie from Netflex tonight. Tomorrow will offer an opportunity to accomplish was not able to be done today.