It's official - Winter is over at my house! We mowed the yard today and that felt pretty good... I know - warped! Though kinda sad - all my pretty yellow, pink and purple weed flowers are gone...
Seriously, the first mow of the year is always kinda neat. I'm outside, in the sun with a few clouds, with a breeze and no PHONES/EMAIL/COMPUTERS - and on a Friday afternoon too! The mower was just serviced; the blade was sharp, it cranked up quickly, and ran smooth. Even the weedeater seems to work better on the first mow of the year...haha
I do push mow - my yard isn't large enough to fight a riding mower. I'd spend way too much time turning around verses actual mowing...haha I weedeat and edge while my better half starts mowing. Then by the time I'm through, he's ready for a break and I finish the mowing while he does other little things...
The really funny part about mowing in the spring - the birds. I keep feeders all year for the seed eating birds in the area. But in the spring we get an influx of insect eating birds. When we mow - right after all the noise is gone the birds decend. The seed eaters wait in a cedar tree close to the deck for us to go inside so they can get to the feeders - and after mowing they can see all the seed that fell to the ground.
The insect eaters are the funny ones though! They swarm the yard looking for all the bugs that got uncovered from the grass being cut. They hop around chasing bugs - it is really funny to watch. Such simple things create such fun!
So - I declare Winter over! Spring is here and let the mowing begin!
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