Last Day of the Week

 The photo was to be showing you the small little bird in the tree. It was there, flitting around for the taste of ripe berries, but I couldn't seem to capture it. The foliage is kind of a nice compostition and maybe the bird is there and I just can't spot it. 

 The city called it a pear tree when they came to evaluate it. Actually it is a fake pear tree that doesn't put out pears at all. 

 Unfortunately the city was here to answer my call, white x means that it needs to come down. Half of the tree is dead now as it was damaged by the derecho winds three years ago. Each year since that storm more of it has died back. It is a  beautiful flowering tree but it will be taken down by the city this late fall. I will have only one left for spring flowering. We will probably get two new ones to put on each side of it. 

 I worked in the yard both morning and afternoon. I am cutting back things a little at a time. Unwanted volunteer trees and vines are being taken out. I put off one more day of cutting back peony bushes in the front yard. 

 I have good blooms this year from my mums as we did get rains in early spring. They are living in dry ground again but they seemed to be rooted in good. I have strays of this plant that I am giong to dig out once they are done blooming. I want to organize them into groups rather than have them sprout up willy nilly all over the front flower bed. 

 

My upstairs carpet is 99% dry and that is good. My downstairs carpet which is ten time larger than upstairs in 75% dry and that is still not good. Our temps were so good today that I opened up the sliding glass door and left it open with the screen only. Outside air will help a lot with the three fans still moving air around. Time is the answer as it just isn't dry enough for me to move furniture back into place. I am thinking that maybe by Monday it will be dry. I am glad we are living down there or have to be down there. I do have to feed the fish and I wear shoes to get around on the carpet.  There are may ways in life that one can learn patience. I know the working outside work keeps me distracted from it all 

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