Weekend update

On Friday I went to a football game. Some friends of mine have kids in the band. The football team is now something like 0-5, but this game they scored a few times and it was a much closer game. The school is brand new this year, so there is a big lack of experience. The marching band isn't really even marching yet. I've been to 3 games thus far. This game the band actually marched ONTO the field. I understand that their leader is well respected and is phasing things in because there is not one kid in the band that has been in a marching band before.

I spent several hours on Saturday installing concrete edgers along the sidewalk. Some of you may recall this from months ago (May, 2005). I did one side of the walk in May. It was uncomfortable then, so I put off the other side until now. This picture is from back in May and you can see that I set the edgers on the right side on top of the sidewalk. Along with this installation I trimmed back the shrubs. The walkway looks very nice now, but I need to rethink the plantings. Those shrubs just get too big.


On Sunday, I tidied up the house a good deal, filled some holes in the backyard with dirt, and started back working on burning a big pile of yard debris. This is done safely in a circle of granite stones that I laid down. I move handfuls of debris to the fire, sit and read, and repeat.