On Sweating, the Olympics and Letting it Rain

It has been SO dry. But a wonderful shower came up in the night, washing the dust off the lawn.

I'd almost forgotten grass was green. When traffic went by on our gravel road, the dust would roil up and start floating, ever so slowly across the yard, billowing about and just hanging in the air.

If I was mowing at the time, grit could be felt entering the eyelids. And at the end of the day, one's hair has that special feel that only a mixture of sweat and gravel dust can produce.

But hurray for the rain!
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Yesterday I pulled/cut up all of the large ragweed on the other side of the fence to our south. I didn't ask the farmer if I could, but I'm pretty sure he won't mind.

The weed seeds won't explode into a million allergens for my kids, plus, it makes that side of his cornfield look tons better :-D

And just to show you how one thing can lead to another, I was picking beans for supper and remembered how dry the red raspberries looked, so I dragged the hose ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE SOUTH FORTY and started letting the water run along the row, going back and forth to pick a few beans, run over to move the hose...

Then I noticed how much grass had grown up through the dwindling mulch, and I pulled at a clump...and then another, and pretty soon I was picking beans and watering and pulling out all the grass :-)
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Today, after cleaning at the church for over two hours, I fertilized the raspberries and then transplanted the necessary strawberry runners. I lost about 15 plants this spring and so I let some go to runners for replacements.

That being done, let it rain! I'm sure it will because:

1) It is VERY humid
2) I washed the glass doors at church this morning, veritably ensuring that it will rain. And I did it with that in mind because I gotten tired of mowing up clouds of dust.
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Ma is very happy with the way the yard and garden projects are shaping up this year. Pictures to come after just a little more cosmetic work. All that sweat and toil have finally paid off!
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So we watched the opening of the Olympics last night, and all I can say is WOW-WEE!

I think every host country from now on will produce a letdown. Don't see how they can compare to China's display.

The kids are watching off and on throughout the day. I won't let them watch constantly because, "We are not going to be glued to the TV, even if it IS the Olympics..."

Also, I have this thing about beach volleyball. Ma has nixed beach volleyball viewing.

A sport, huh? Give me a break. Even the men's version have 'cheerleaders.'

*gags*

Unfortunately the women's track and field is almost as bad, attire-wise. I do like to see those events though, so Ma usually makes a few exceptions, on a race by race basis.

I can't spend too much time complaining or blogging, however, as I am in training for the Church Janitor Olympics (which coincidentally takes place round about the same time as the Summer Olympics).

This will be my last year to compete, but my age gives me a psychological advantage. I am very tough when it comes to mindless work.

Years of practice will do that to a person.
 

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