Masonry and excavation … Now that’s progress

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Paid a visit to the house today to see how work was progressing, and also because the grass in the front yard was in danger of becoming a forest.

What I found was awesome. Lots of works, lots of work being done. New cinder-block walls are going up near the kitchen and the back yard has a big hole where a new foundation will be poured.

My weedwhacker didn’t cooperate, though. I think I flooded it. So I borrowed a neighbors’ mower. I soon remembered that not everybody keeps their mower set as high up as I do (same as my dad). still, the yard looks nice and the house is making progress.

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Still hanging on up there

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‘Twas a beautiful day … perhaps the last beautiful day of the year. I knew I had to take advantage of it, so I embarked on a mow-n’-rake. Took about two hours or so, but I got about 90% of the leaves. It felt good getting it accomplished.

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But one look up into our trees afterward was almost enough to quash that feeling of joy. There are bags of leaves yet to fall.

Papá = problem-solver

Daddies are nothing if not problem-solvers. So it was that I faced a dilemma on Friday …

Goal: Mow the yard on Friday afternoon before work, since I won’t have another chance to do it until Tuesday.

Problem: Ludi is awake, but Yoli is at work, so I can’t leave Ludi alone.

Solution: Mow the lawn with Ludi in the baby carrier!

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