Tag: summer

  • Summertime mowing

    Summertime mowing

    One of my summertime joys is mowing my backyard. As optimizing processes is what I do, I’ve figured out the proper order for mowing. Actually, depending on the season and thus soil moisture saturation, final desired pattern, existing lawn length, bag vs. mulch, etc., I’ve figured out the various preferred orders for mowing my backyard.

    With today’s mowing, near the end of the growing season,1With the summer equinox in late September, this is no longer summertime mowing, but fall mowing. mulching seemed right. As the lawn was nine days long, a double pass with side discharge the first pass was going to be necessary. And as the soil was not too dry or wet, I didn’t need to worry about the Oregon wetness that can make the left side too muddy for multiple passes.

    A podcast through sound-canceling headphones made the time fly amidst the blades. And 5,522 steps later, the lawn was mowed and the mower cleaned and put away.

    Gilligan reckoned it the perfect time for toss.2As humans call the game “fetch” it only makes sense that dogs would call it “toss.” Smart doggie!

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      With the summer equinox in late September, this is no longer summertime mowing, but fall mowing.
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      As humans call the game “fetch” it only makes sense that dogs would call it “toss.”
  • Summer sunset

    Summer sunset

    It might not quite be summer, but the weather this week has been beautiful, with peaceful, warm evenings. Mmm… :-)

  • The Sound of Summer

    The Sound of Summer

    Maybe it’s just me1Having grown up on a walnut farm where we watered with impact sprinklers running all summer long… but this is what summer sounds like.

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      Having grown up on a walnut farm where we watered with impact sprinklers running all summer long…

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