Today’s chore was to finish the weeding in the back yard, and I was able to get that finished. The back yard is now weed-free, or at least weed-short. Since the surrounding lots in my little subdivision are not sold yet, my lot is surrounded by weeds. But at least I know the size of the yard (roughly), so I can start planning what is going to go where. Not planning on fencing the yard yet; I’ll wait for new neighbors to help with the cost. And I like the openness of the area without fencing.

Then, in a burst of energy, I decided to mow the front yard. A bit of weed whacking around the edges, and I fired up the new lawnmower for the second time. Got it all done, but I was a bit winded afterwards. Since my previous house had such a small yard, and it came with a cheap weekly ‘mow and blow’ service, my desk-bound body is not in that terrific shape (although I claim that ’round is a shape’). The new place gives me a bit of opportunity for a bit more exercise with yardwork, although I did opt for a propelled lawnmower. So no pushing, but I still have to walk.

The afternoon was spent with some updating of Jason’s music site (http://www.manimatronicrecords.com ) with the missing music links. Not sure why those links wandered off, but they are now working. There’s some minor updating needed for his ‘tribute’ site (http://www.jasonhellewell.com ) that is now higher up on the list. Jason was an accomplished self-taught electronic musician; we think that some of his compositions are quite amazing. It is, of course, sad that he decided to end his struggle with being bipolar. Whenever I hear some good electronic music, I think that he could have done so much more if he was still around.

This evening we went to a more upscale burger place (not really fancy, but good). The sky was a bit threatening, with dark clouds gathering. It looked like a good thunderstorm was brewing…and that was the result. A very hard downpour, with lightening flashes and thunder booming, lasting 10-15 minutes on the way home. The nice part about that was that it washed off all the bugs off the car from yesterday’s trip by Pam and Joelle (granddaughter) to Antelope Island. On the causeway home, they ran into a rain of insects (small bugs, not sure what kind), which attached themselves to the front of the car. But driving through the rain got rid of most of them.

When we got home, we had left a few windows open. The wind had driven in some rain, but a quick work with the carpet cleaner vacuum thing picked up the dampness in the carpet.