More Rain This Evening!!

 Thanks Mother Nature for the rain 

we badly needed and helping water

the lawn after I put down the fall 

fertilizer!

Accosted On A Public Street This AM

Don't ya just love your neighbors

when they are wrong?  Can't fix 

their stupidity!!  Or should I 

scream Elderly Abuse?

Since the wood chips were blowing 

down to the end of the circle it was

time to clean the circle.  I would 

say I was half way done when I 

looked up to find the neighbor to 

the east videoing me blowing the 

chips back up their way.  I stopped 

and waved, but kept cleaning up 

their mess.  I then got flipped off!  

I just shook my head and then came 

the verbal abuse.  I told her she didn't

have permission to video me so she 

better stop. I stop the blower and 

she kept telling me to get off her 

property!!  So if this is your property 

then you should be cleaning up

the mess not allowing it to blow 

into your neighbor's yards. 

Excuse me this is a public roadway, 

so what if you property goes out 

into the roadway.  Cleaning up 

your mess!  I sure shouldn't be 

doing this but one gets tired of 

driving over wood chips and bark.

Then I get the poor me bit as I'm

doing the best I can, I'm an educator

and I'm pregnant.  She also called 

me retired and a few choice names.  

Then I said wow, for an educator to

say things like that is just priceless.  

You know me I don't waste my time

 with words, She said nothing I 

wanted to hear! 

 

Well that sounds like a personal 

problem to me and look who made 

this mess?  She was on the phone 

to Daddy whom owns the property

not her and her husband.  She also

said I needed to call the cops, is 

that what her Dad told her?   So 

I'm waiting to see if they will show 

up for me cleaning the street.

I didn't go at her but she charged at

me and didn't want to hear anything

I said,  what a bully!  Oh she also 

stated we didn't come greet them when 

they moved in, no way am I wasting my

time on them.  They are acting like the 

previous owners and wanting our attention,

not going to happen nor am I doing to 

help them with anything.  I will continue 

to clean the roadway like I promised

the county staffer.  If we are lucky to 

see a street sweeper every 6 months.  

This past month the sweeper didn't come 

down at all as they know how well I keep 

the street clean.  Can't wait for the leaves 

to fall this year as I won't be cleaning!

More surgery and I can't wait to see the 

CT scan to see if I re-injured my knee.

This is now the fourth time this family has 

done this. Three from her and once for him.

Beside them turning me into code enforcement.

Code Enforcement officer was just blown 

away and we exchanged cards.  

Today's generation is full of themselves!  

Bullies and have no clue!!  So you want 

to live at the end of a dead end circle 

where it's supposed to be quite??  

My husband had a good chuckle at 

what I told him and how stupid she was!  

I like the threat of her saying call the cops.  

I think that is what her Dad told her, sorry 

she was the aggressor by saying I was on 

her property!  I was on a public street!  

So why wasn't she cleaning up the mess?   

Most folks feel if it's in the street why 

bother cleaning it up!  The wood chips 

and chunk had been there for over a week.  

They didn't clean up after their tree trimmers

left a mess.  They don't care about the neighborhood.  

What I took away from the verbal 

abuse was she was upset I was retired and she was

having to clean up her yard while being pregnant.

For a pregnant person to act in the manner

she did is just unbelievable!  She sure isn't

winning friends by the way she acts!

Her Dad showed up to help her clean up.....

just maybe they should live in an apt. as they

haven't cleaned that yard and we have seen 

the grass get over 3 foot tall.  Thistle every 

where and my bet they had no clue what 

they would be left with with when

those trees came down.  

Ya only see them come out to sit in their 

chairs, play when Dad shows up with

his bikes and nothing more.

Now you know why we won't have 

anything to do with our neighbors!

Yes, the cameras were put up due to 

neighbors and one stealing plants.

I could of said to her I just had knee 

surgery and should of been recovering

but your tree trimmer left a mess in 

our yard.  But no, I cleaned up the 

mess and am still cleaning up your 

mess if you own the street!  All 9 of 

our neighbors are trips!

GIS shows this property has change 

over several times while they have lived there.

Daddy didn't stay long and then the kids 

went inside also after he left.   There is just 

the appearance we are doing something.   

All you have to look around and see whom 

cares about where they live.   Our home 

used to be one of them when we first moved

in but for years we have kept it up!  

 Guess who does 95% of the work here??  

More to come on this after we go to court!

Fall Crocus Are Up

 

The first sign of Fall beside the squirrels 

and the walnuts shells!  Don't ya love how

that stains the cement?

The Blog Hit 76,000

 this morning!  Thank you for

your support.  Life at the dead

end circle is not quite at all!

Glorious Rain!!

 Got up this morning to rain, 

which we need.  Finally a day

of rest and relaxing!  It's been

a long summer.  Still working

on calming the hamstring down.

I noticed while working yesterday

it started to act up again.  So back

to work a while then rest.  They 

say it may take a year for it to 

calm down.  But the way our

lives have been going it may 

take longer.  I swear by Bio

Freeze!

Well that was short lived, I 

worked to noon and then got

a call from my sister.  Then 

this afternoon I was able to 

slide into town and get my 

flu and covid shots.  I was

advised to get them sooner

than later so before surgery

was okay to do now!  So glad

I asked the team!

Love to garden in the rain!

Closing Our Gardens Early

 We usually close by mid October,

this year due to the heat and I just

learned I need more surgery.  So 

the yard is starting to disappear

as I put it away for the rest of the

season.  It will be easier to take 

care of if all is in a couple places. 

So I have started to put the 

Brugmansias away.  Last Friday 

I finished their house and adding 

a temp hoop house to the east 

of the greenhouse to store plants 

that can handle being outside 

during the winter months. 

As of this evening I'm almost

half way done putting the Brugs

in the yard away.  Then I'll do the

ones blooming on the driveway.

Most of them will go into the 

tropical greenhouse.

3/2/2024

 

Filling up fast and less than a 2 dozen to go.

These were done first as they didn't have any

buds and again I cut them back more than 

normal.

9/4/2024

Happy to say, I'm down to the one Brugmansia 

that is in the huge cement pot out front left to

strip and put away!!

9/6/2024

Today I started stripping the Abutilon /

Flowering Maples and cutting back the 

calla lilies and putting them away.

9/7/2024

After a few hours on the driveway and

listening to the tractor removing the 

trunks from next door, I can say most

of the smaller Abutilons are now

cut back and in the greenhouse.  I am 

also cutting back the Columbines and

moving them to the covered open space.

Thank goodness the recycle bins are

going to be emptied this week!  I bet 

we can fill all 3 yard bins in less than

a day we are that far behind due to the

last tree removal.

9/8/2024

Today I'll need to readjust both greenhouses

to make for more room or it will be time 

to start stacking plants this year.

I started stripping the leaves of the last

large Abutilon and got 6 done today besides

cutting back the north Hosta garden bed.

Only two Abutilons to go and was able

to find space for them.  There area a few

plants that will become house plants.

If you haven't see the photos of our yard

we do not have the typical yard most have

in Clark County!  As one attorney stated, 

"You have created a paradise here!  Just 

breath taking."  Another Attorney that has

visited was just speechless and surprised 

at what we had created. 

Our gardens are open by appointment

only.