more mulch

ok, so.....i unloaded another truckload of mulch today.....over a 6 hour period due to the intense heat......i had illusions that this would be the last load.....but now that it is spread i could really use another truckload.....ah well.....if i had no intentions of flying to austria sometime soon i would invest in some shade-tolerant shrubberies and re-think the planting areas along the fence and along the hedge......these are vast wastelands when the daylilies die back.....sometime today i scratched the heck out of my chin and cheeks.....i must have been miserable enough as to not notice..must have been one of the rose bushes i tried to tie-back......go figure...i'd hate to miss church over a face-full of scratches, but i really do look like a victim of abuse...i located a pair of slide sandals in the gardening shoe basket.....hopefully these will not be as tempting to the pup as the leather sandals seem to have been.....the dog did manage to chew up my rick steves paris guide that was on the porch on a chair.....it was old enough to list francs rather than euros....but it the notion that this dog seeks to chew up my favorite things that is the issue.....ah well.....my eldest is fixing to leave paris tomorrow for amsterdam.....he took the train to chartres today....and happened upon a wedding in the cathedral....he said that he sat down and took it all in- the nuptials, the stained glass, the majesty that is chartres.....and considered it a good day.....now that i am showered and hydrated and the truck has been put up (put up means back in grandma's garage...) i feel the urge to check out plane fares to munich (the closest airport to branau-am-inn).....i'd like to go over the veteran's day weekend.....and then again over spring break.....thankfully my eku class starts on thursday so my cash-flow will seem more conducive to multiple european excursions.....i went to an annual staff meeting for the health class just this past week...and was reminded that they really do mean for class to last over 2 hours....go figure.....some lessons just do not last that long.....ah well...must find videos to make up the time....as i do not want to lose this teaching gig....that so nicely funds my travels....so...a blog about mulch ends up with a dissertation about the funding of travel.....and so it goes....