Thursday, April 27, 2013

The weather has turned (again) and we’ve had a couple of nice days. I got out into the yard on Tuesday and did some weeding in one of the beds. I wanted to get the sunflowers planted because they were predicting rain for the next day. I ran out of steam before I got to the planting but Pat did that for me. I look forward to getting home from Vancouver and seeing them poking above ground.

I was out in the yard again today working on a couple of hosta beds. They were easy to do as I just needed to rake off the leaves that had accumulated over the winter. From there I moved on to clearing the patio bricks. I only got about half of one side done before I tired out.

I’m surprised at how little stamina I have; I feel fine but can only manage about half an hour of work. My knees were really hurting even though I was working from a padded bench. It wasn’t until I was putting my tools away that I saw the knee pads that Pat bought me last year. I’ll wear them next time I’m out and maybe I can last longer.