Mowing

Mowing Jeannie's got me thinking.  In 1986 I started mowing Grandma's yard/field.  And then the older kids were old enough to do it.  And they each did probably a few times before they didn't want to do that anymore.  Mowing yards on riding lawn mowers is easy money.  Anyway then I got the job back.  And I did it for a long time.....Then Grandma died and I stopped. 
Betty and Les moved down here and then he took over the mowing.  And honestly Les did a fantastic amount of work on the place and a great job mowing.  Then he died.  So then Dave started mowing for Betty until he asked me to step in and do it.  So I do that again to this day.  And today was the first mowing of the season there for me. 
Betty and I had a little chuckle over the fact that I mow her yard, but I hire a kid to mow mine.  Well hers is a riding lawn mower and easy.  I started hiring the neighbor kid due to the fact that I couldn't get to my mower and it is falling apart.  The neighbor kid does the best job I have seen on this yard so I'm keeping him until he doesn't want to do it or the place sells. 
The lilacs are in bloom and I would get whiffs of them while mowing.  Betty had a handyman out today to do some more cutting on trees and branches that have fallen down this winter.  One of the things he did was a lilac so she had a big bucket of lilacs.  She let me take a big handful home and they made the whole house smell heavenly.  The one in this yard never smells that strong.  Glorious.