Mulch, mulch mulch

Walt Kowalski, the busy little ant that he is, is preparing for winter.  With the hot weather, he wants to get more firewood stacked near the garage to dry and season. 

But there is a tarp covering the woodpile. 
But there are 30 bags mulch on top of the tarp.
But the bags of mulch are for the front hill.
But the front hill is covered with weeds and vines.

It's a process.

We've been working to clean off and clear off the front hill. 

What starts as this:

 

 
Gets to this:

 
And ends with mulch.  It looks good.  Several cars have even slowed down and beeped.  We are taking those beeps as "You're doing a good job! It looks nice!" instead of "Get off the road!"

Now Walt Kowalski can stack the firewood.


During one of our breaks this little finch stopped by the bird feeder.  Along with the cardinal family, he and his mate come everyday.

 
I think he heard me get the camera out and said "Wait! Get my good side." Hello, handsome.

But the funniest of the day was the butterflies.  They are all over the flowers on the front steps and never fly straight.  This one would land for a few moments on a marigold, have a drink, then do a circle around my car.

He didn't do it just once, he did it at least a dozen times! It was too funny.  Walt Kowalski said 'What did you water those marigolds with?"