Today, every time I took Lucy outside I almost cried. Our yard is a wreck from all the neglect this year what with the heat and so many rainy days.

This yard never looked this bad and it’s upsetting. Our grass is all weeds and the gardens are overrun with weeds and vines.

I’ve lost the heart to work out there because every time I’d try to my back would go out and/or The Curmudgeon would be hollering he needed me for something.

Here it is November and the trees are just starting to change color and drop their leaves. When they finally drop, I do believe it will be all at once and I’ll be stuck with a ton of leaves and no way to get them up, or at least stuck in the gardens to smother the weeds.

On the dog side…I had to laugh and snap a picture of Lucy this evening she was passed out and snoring next to me.