Oh, my aching bones, but I got a lot done around here. I have some dirt in front of the front porch that is full of stuff that washed off the roof before it was replaced, and I put down deep layers of newspaper then covered it with several inches of topsoil, sand, and decomposed granite, mulch around the outer edges, and put some decorative stepping stones on top.

While I was moving stuff around out there I moved the concrete thing at the bottom of the drain spout and found the biggest toad I've ever seen in my yard. She has a muddy tunnel for crawling in and out, and is very calm, considering that I've lifted that cover three times now (first time when I found her, then later to take a photo, and this evening to show my son.)

It was a good weekend for gardening, partly because I took off Friday (use or lose time will result in long weekends all summer, but they're better when I can actually use the time for stuff like yard work).

SRS