This afternoon I mowed our back and side yard. My parents back yard needed mowing a few days ago. In a few days everything will probably need mowed at the same time. Welcome growing season. Hopefully on Friday we covered the plants for the last time for a freeze. Rain predicted tonight.
While I was mowing I noticed several of the blue bird houses were occupied. I’ve seen lots of robins but haven’t noticed nests in the usual places.
We got our taxes filed. Before he retired, he was treasurer of the St. James Kiwanis Club. He bought a money organizer program to keep things straight for the Kiwanis and it’s been handy for tracking/organizing our farm income and expenses. He keeps it updated so we aren’t sorting through shoe boxes of receipts and post it notes, trying to figure it all out with filing deadline looming.
I’m about 1/3 through _Messenger of Truth_. It’s an early book in the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. It’s set in England after WW I. Maisie is a psychologist and investigator who who solves murders and deals with the social and political issues of the time.
I’ve finally adjusted to daylight savings time. Or maybe the days are just long enough that it’s light at 6 am. Not sunrise but light out. It’s about 7:30 pm before it’s dark enough for the chickens to go inside the palace to roost. It’s making for long days but sitting outside, listening to the birds settle in for the night is a nice way to wind down.