5:00 sigh. I wish I could blame it all on the teenagers.

Day One:
It was worse than I thought it would be, the garden was completely overgrown. My favorite was the three foot tall weed growing through my breakfast table. The trumpet vine that I moved to the side of the old chicken coop three years ago has taken over. It is going to take a lot of snipping and digging to get it under control. I don't think I will ever be able to get rid of it, the way it spreads under ground.
It was about 75 degrees F. A bit warm, but the sun was behind a gray scrim of clouds. It feels like it will rain.
I spent the whole time gardening.

Here are the before photos.

 I love the weed growing through the table!

 Not much better, but a start.
After Day one.

I want to go back out there and do more, but that is my typical routine. Go full force on one project and ignore all of the other things that need to be done.

100 days on my patio project.

My new project is to spend one hundred days an hour a day on my forgotten patio. The rules. No electronics, other than a picture or two. I can do anything, garden, read or rug hook, but I must be able to see the patio.  The hard rule is going to be rain, snow or children's activities can not keep me from it.
Why is is this important? I have been feeling so overwhelmed by my large yard that I have been ignoring it.  Staying inside. I especially have been ignoring this section of yard because it is so awful.  Just as awful as inside. But that is what this blog is about, not being picture perfect.