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To: Qiviut

So glad it was JUST a dream!

Pretty sure it was a combination of my LACK of tomatoes this season and my imagination of whatever is going on at Bear Training Camp with my ‘Baby Girl’ Blackfoot and her not being here, lounging on the porch, while protecting me from bears. :)


164 posted on 08/05/2025 6:12:39 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Got a load of mulch this morning & shoveled half a trailer load in the landscape edging I put up yesterday. The other half will get shoveled another day.

Moved on to taking down the old rotten redbuds. I think it will take most of the day tomorrow to finish. Cutting the branches up & hauling is very time consuming.


199 posted on 08/07/2025 3:34:11 PM PDT by Qiviut (Imagine waking up in the morning & only having the things you thanked God for yesterday. (S. Peters))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ok, so a couple of weeks ago, after we had gotten our dangerous 180 year old hickory tree down, we had a landscaping contractor come out to talk about helping us with flagstone installation and possibly making a water feature from said tree. Well, we got his bid today. It’s WAY more than twice was I was thinking. Either I’m a terrible estimator (quite possible), a total cheapskate (also possible) or the company wants to take advantage of how much income he assumes we make (also a possibility).

Nevertheless, using them is now a hard NO. Maybe down the road, but it would be the last part of the project that we might award. Maybe next Spring.

In the meantime, I’ll be working in the meditation garden a little bit every day. Weeding, leveling the ground, and making plans. I expect that a bit of sweat equity will help me stay on budget out there, as usual.


204 posted on 08/07/2025 7:54:36 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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