Beard, azaleas, pollen
So lately I've been letting my beard grow out again, for the past few years I have kept it neatly trimmed but I want it to be a bit thicker right now just... because. This week it has gotten to that length where I tend to play with it a lot more, running my fingers through it and such. I love my beard.

I've taken over the yard work from Larry, the guy who didn't actually DO anything with the yard yet charged my grandmother, sometimes double for weeks he didn't even come... He basically came with his crew, blew the leaves onto the lawn, and ran the lawn mower. He even mowed in November, when the grass isn't even growing. No trimming bushes, no lawn care, just blow and mow.

So now I'm doing it all. The azaleas, which once were very beautiful, have grown into giant, monstrous, shapeless blobs of unkemptness... I'm not entirely sure how to go about fixing them. One place suggested pruning only a few branches each year, but I am assuming that they were talking about bushes that have been taken care of in the past. These have been neglected for a few years. Posts on Gardenweb seem to suggest cutting it back drastically to get it back into good shape and size. I'll keep looking.

Pollen sucks. I was really, really stupid yesterday and blew the driveway off without wearing a pollen mask. I then spent the rest of the evening sneezing and hacking up globs of snot. Yay pollen.

It has been raining today, so that should help.

However... It got dark last night before I was able to get all the stuff I blew into pile by the house mulched so now there is a soggy pile of oak squiggles, leaves, and cut lariape next to where I park...
- posted by Nick @ 4/12/2007 12:04:00 AM | 0 comments