Oh, To Be A Cat-

Knucklehead relaxing on the deck- 
The past few weeks have been busy. Although we'd already weeded the property, the late rains brought everything back up. Luckily the new growth isn't as tall and thick as before, and I'm seeing that columbine has replaced the lupine which was growing earlier in the spring.
I'm carefully weeding around the columbine, but oh my aching back!
We're still picking up small branches and twigs from the oak which died, and chipping them rather than burning. Now that we have a scanner, we've noticed how many fires begin with a burn-pile getting out of hand, or through the use of equipment on the dried grasses.
We're taking advantage of a few cooler days to try like hell to finish this all up.
Then, just maybe, we can sit on the deck and enjoy the view- just like our cat (pictured above.)