Mi Amigos

With home ownership comes responsibility.  Yes, we are getting the hang of this.  It has taken us time, though.  One of the first things we noticed after moving into our neighborhood is that everyone has a person / company / small army to take care of their lawn.  So of course we jumped on the wagon.

We went through quite a few crews, as we never found a fit that seemed to justify the work with the cost.  How does monthly lawn maintenance tally up to a car payment?  Answer:  it doesn't!  So guess what Mr. K did... he ordered an arsenal of state-of-the-art lawn tools and we took back the power to mow our own grass (all 10ft of it!)

My favorite gadget by far is the cordless leaf blower.  I use it almost everyday to tidy up our pesky Live Oak leaves.  Today, I was out doing my thing when I noticed that every surrounding home had their landscape crews out in force.  It was a symphony of lawn mowers and leaf blowers.  It was kind of ridiculous.

I have often wondered if I might be perceived as the enemy among them for doing my own yard work. After all, we are breaking tradition for sure.  But today a fellow leaf blower paused to wave to me and gave me a thumbs up.

This made my day.