There are impediments to doing what you want to do outdoors in south Georgia. Gnats by the bou coup (boo coo?) trying to fly into your ears and nose, mosquitos whining, yellow flies, green flies, horse flies, all biting if you give them a chance, hornets in several varieties, dive bombing, bumblebees protecting their turf aggressively. I hate those buggers. Although I've found the noise of the hedge trimmer and the sight of the orange monster it must look like to them does cause them to flee. The heat is bad enough to make you come inside most of the day, 95 on carport in the shade all week during the day. It is easily 115 in the sunshine. There are snakes around as well and so far I have avoided them. There are spiders in abundance and I have no patience for them if they cross my path. The fire ants are ubiquitous and must be avoided for they have no equal as an annoyance.

There is more to do in Dad's yard than can be listed. But at least with three of us working about 4 to 5 hours a day for the week we have made a dent. The lawn mower is finally up and running and so that is having an impact on everything visually. We have trimmed the azaleas all around the house. The were head high but now knee high and we've burned two tremendous piles of brush this morning. There is much left to do that will linger after I leave. Perhaps Dad can get a handle back on it since we have jump started him this week. We must get the truck running today and finish cutting the oaks that have invaded the blueberries by the hundreds. There are easily 100,000 pine cones on the ground that need to be picked up so mowing can continue.

Well I've cooled off enough to go back.