There was a heavy thunderstorm at dawn today so the garden I've started digging will be muddy, and the mulch I've started picking up at a neighbor's house is heavier for now. I'm putting down a deep layer of wood chips around the raised beds and when that's finished then I'll dig the beds themselves. It's better to do now while it's cooler and the soil has moisture. Once it's hot the soil outside the garden is like digging concrete but the weeds continue to grow if they're there.
I spoke with the handyman friend who does lots work in my neighborhood; I think soon he'll be taking down a large hackberry in the backyard. My aim is to remove it before it falls and breaks things. This morning Antonio was actually next door talking with them about work they need doing and I walked over to say hello. Since he'll be taking out two trees there I should do this other one at the same time. It can keep the cost down if he's already set up for the job.
This week I finally turned my attention to eBay again. I was sorry to see that they now have to report even fairly modest earnings to the IRS - it used to be you could make as much as $40,000 before that happened, now it's down to $600. Sales don't take into account what things cost, just what you sell them for, so it looks like more paperwork will be needed to keep that all in order.
I turned on one of the Hoarder programs this morning - oy. Those serve as confirmation that it isn't what is going on here (as I continue to thin out stuff from family estates) but there is one room that on its own wafts of over-collecting—my eBay room.