More Outside Work

 More beautiful days spent outside watching the dogs play and knitting while Jeff worked clearing more brush and weeds and helping Wally. Who would believe it's the middle of Sept. and temperatures are in the mid 70's to low 80's?  Tuesday both dogs listened and 'stayed in the yard' except for one quick excursion thru the greenhouse and out the backside of it into the woods...but they came back when Jeff followed and called them. Jeff found the old Frisbee and Zoey seems to like chasing it and bringing it back.  Fanny could never be bothered! 
   Zoey's got a new trick...climbing onto the armchair in my room and then onto my dresser. Caught her the other day running thru the house with a small jewelry box of earrings and rings in her mouth and later with a tape dispenser! Then after supper I actually caught her walking across my dresser!! That means I've got to rearrange the furniture again. I wondered how she managed to get the Eyeore bopplehead over the weekend. I do not want her to be able to get the Wedding Dress bear or the animals Jeff gave Mom and me over the years! And I just found her on the bed...how she did she get up there unassisted? I think she did it during the night, too. She's not dumb...now if she could just remember what pee pads are for...or better yet, follow Fanny and do her business outside!
   Today Wally decided this was the year to mend his driveway.  The wire for the electric lights on the fence started out under the driveway but over the years the pipe that holds it had surfaced and he had  resurfaced that part of the driveway.  Today Wally decided it was time to dig out the pipe, bury it and resurface the driveway again.  Both Wally and Jeff could imagine the pipe getting caught in a snow-blower or picked up by a plow blade if it really snowed and we had to call for help getting out!  Jeff went out to help him dig and after a couple of

'...the ditch has got to be deeper...'

 hours

they had the ditch dug deep enough for the pipe to sit nicely on the bottom.  Once it's filled in and covered, the pipe will be safe.  Mixing and

'...even out that high spot...'

pouring the concrete will be tomorrow's job.
I think Wally had to buy
5 bags of mix to have enough to fill that trench! Glad this beautiful weather isn't 
going to waste! 
   Unfortunately, the lawn isn't growing back very fast.  Wally thinks it will regenerate by itself by spring but in the meantime it looks rather poor.  And both guys want to run a couple more passes with the leveler before seeding it.  I'd like to buy a bag of 'shade seed' but they'd probably make me spread it! 
P.S.  It ended up taking 12 bags (the 40# ones) to fill the ditch but the job is finally done!  It will take a couple of days for it to dry.