We recently learned that our town ended the No Mow May program due to concerns over lawn health, the administrative burden and complaints. Seriously? Who knew letting grass grown taller that 8" was so controversial or that there are actual "standard turf requirements" and the city has a Weed Control page. Even the squirrels are stunned.
Apparently, the cancellation happened last year, when our street was being torn up and everyone's lawn looked looked like the surface of the moon. At the time most of us were so outraged by the toddler in the White House destroying democracy that nobody even noticed the city enforcing the "Lawn Care and Weed Cutting Ordinance". Actually, I never knew there was one.
The last of the excavating was done in February. Why do projects in a timely manner when you can drag it out for months?
Then the snow melted and things got really ugly. So far our ignorance of the legal height requirement for our lawn has not resulted in a fine. Maybe it's the "mullet" approach? Short grass in the front yard, overgrown free-for-all in the back. Besides, there really isn't any grass back there to measure.
On the bright side, our silly two-tone crabapple put on a great show this spring and was a big hit with the bees. Maintaining biodiversity isn't hard when you have a very tall hedge and nice neighbors.
The weird pattern in this photo isn't AI, it came from the window screen which started showing up right after a system upgrade to my phone. Why do these improvements always end up making things worse? At least the fuzzy patterning obscures the power lines.
Dealing with all the construction issues and city ordinances and crazy laws is exhausting. There's a full moon tonight, which usually means The Crew are looking for something fun to do that involves decorating or thowing a party. This one happens to be a blue moon.
Unfortunately, it doesn't really turn blue and the whole concept is based on a mistake printed in Sky and Telescope magazine in 1946, but that doesn't bother them. Since it's a Sunday night and they didn't have anything else interesting going on, they decided to give the second full moon of May some totally unnecessary attention.
In folklore, it's a good time to harvest herbs and flowers for home remedies. Right now, there are mostly poisonous plants blooming in our backyard so that's definitely out.
Then the new summer lights for the backyard were conveniently delivered this afternoon.
There certainly were a lot of them and since the squirrels have nibbled their way through several previous sets, these have an extra heavy cord.
That was definitely too much of a good thing and they will probably look way better outside. Since a blue moon is a rare occurrence and nearly over already, they decided to spend the evening checking out the new Halloween decor online. Maybe even brush up on a city ordinance or two.
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