Yard Work

The best part of last Saturday was all of it.

Sunshine, beautiful weather, the family all together cleaning up the yard-

and getting blackberries into the ground-

and driving to Starbucks to get used coffee grounds for our compost pile and using the phrase “black gold” over and over as we spread compost around the plants.

Tate found this in the grass-

a piece of the hardtack Trent made a few weeks ago.  It tasted pretty much the way you would expect a fifteenth century sailor’s rations to taste, excluding the lack of saltwater pollution.  I think the squirrels are eating it; we did not.

A few years ago Trent and I found out a life changing fact from a neighbor:  you can make popcorn in the microwave by putting popcorn kernels into a brown bag and stapling the top.  We are both still amazed by this fabulous knowledge, but when we try to share it with other people, no one is interested.  Then there’s our collective favorite movie, The Prestige.  No one else wants to rave about The Prestige on a weekly basis?   Really?  Well, want to hear about us working in the yard?  Ha, you just did.