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Planning my day! Beau left to do some mowing, but then he PROMISED me the afternoon to finish up the SIX chores I left for him that need to be done before the rains hit. I’ll be playing in the garden if you need me. So, don’t need me! :)

Today

Mostly sunny and very mild. Record high is 78° set in 1967 Wind: S 8-15 MPH

Tonight

Becoming mostly cloudy and very mild with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. A strong storm is possible with large hail and gusty winds as the main threats. Wind: S 8-15 MPH

Tomorrow

Mostly cloudy, breezy, and mild with scattered showers and thunderstorms. A strong storm is possible. Wind: W 10-20 MPH

Beau’s Prairie Burn went really well, yesterday. He’s going to give me a ride over to the site in the near future and let me see his hard work. They burned off 25 acres, yesterday. That was huge! I did read the news this morning that a few local burns have gotten out of control and a barn and a house and a cat have been lost. :(

Come on, People! Leave this to the professionals!

FINALLY .... weather good enough to work outside! Spotty showers in the morning, but then partly sunny, 67° & breezy rather than super windy.

After working on my driveway chain (added sign & reflective tape), it was time to tackle the big kahuna project: cleaning up all the mess from cutting down dead chestnut branches. I made 3 trips to the debris pile. The first was all the small stuff I could cut with loppers. The second was medium size (about as big as my arm in circumference) & I had to use the chainsaw. Number three was the really big stuff - the branches were as big as small trees. I almost quit with the largest branch to go (4 cuts), but I really wanted to be done so I rested a good bit between cuts & managed to get them in the trailer. The trailer is 5'x3' so it makes for pretty big loads.

There are 2, maybe 3 branches left that I want to cut & the 2nd half of the small chestnut needs to come down, but that will have to wait until after mowing. It's time to mow when some of the grass is waving in the wind & the dandelions are starting to bloom!