And it is! So today was mulching day. I didn't have one of my expected helpers (Meredith is spending the week in Frankfort with Mom and Dad), but Natalie has been here to help me out. In the photo on the right she's posing on top of the mulch pile. You can't tell from the photo, but the mulch pile is about four feet high. It's a mound, I guess you'd call it. A mulch mound.Natalie helped out for about 5 hours total, which is quite a bit for a little gal. I was proud of how hard she worked and how much effort she put in. Tonight after dinner she read to me for almost an hour while I kept working. I still have probably 1/3 to 1/2 of the mulch left sitting out on the driveway. The job usually takes a day, but weeding has been extra hard this year, so it's been slow going.
One positive, though: As we removed old mulch from the 18 flower beds on the museum grounds we tossed the old mulch into the well, so that it's filled up again...for another year.
As I said, Meredith is with her grandparents, and I miss her very much. I know Mom and Dad read my blog most days, so hopefully, Meredith, you'll read this, too, tomorrow, and you'll hear me say this to you: I love you, very much. I miss you, very, very much. And I am so very, very, very proud of you. I can't wait to see you again, and your mom just said she "thinks your awesome" and "needs you to come home."
By the way, last week Meredith had band camp every night, and the camp culminated with a band concert. Here's a photo of Meredith playing her clarinet during the concert.
Oh, and by the way, yesterday the girls and I went to Frankfort for the Bryan Family Reunion. I'll write about that and post pictures later. For now I'm fairly exhausted and going to bed.
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