Along the Sidewalk

 This morning I slept in.  This was a good thing.  Z and Gideon were making pancakes for breakfast when I came downstairs.  Yum.  K and I had a meeting at 1:00 PM and most of the morning was spent trying to prepare for that.  There were obstacles.  It was good to see people at the meeting.  Other happy tidings for today are:

•  C and others in the family did some amazing cleaning and the front porch is at a good place again.  It had begun to collect things that weren't supposed to be there.  It looks so much better and I can easily get to my plants again.  
• I finally made it out to the sidewalk to finish cleaning up the section in front of the house.  There is a stonewall that has things growing out of it along the sidewak that shouldn't be there.  Others in the family helped out when it started to get late.  So thankful; it started going much faster with many hands.  
• One of the things that we gathered from the sidewalk today was dirt.  There are large dents in one of the yards, made by large logging equipment, from before we bought the property.  Much of the dirt was put into these areas.  It is my hope that the ground there will eventually become flatter, or at least less bumpy for when I mow.
• E made a lovely dinner called comfort soup.  I skipped lunch (forgot about it with all the productivity) so dinner was important and good.
• E and I walked out back today.  She hadn't been out back since returning a few weeks ago.  Even with leaves falling and winter getting closer, the property looks much more alive than it did when we moved here in April.

Before the sidewalk clean up.

After clean up.

Some decorations for Halloween.

 Some kind of thistle.

Sunsetting.

Inktober-Buddy was today's prompt.

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Stay safe.