{"id":17728,"date":"2023-08-16T20:49:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T00:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17728"},"modified":"2023-08-16T20:55:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T00:55:22","slug":"walk-yard-azalea-bank-ups-8-16-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17728","title":{"rendered":"Walk! Yard! Azalea! Bank! UPS! 8.16.23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started the procedure to return the wifi extender back to Amazon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-bpXqBxd\/0\/68ea17ed\/L\/IMG_7368-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-8dLgDmQ\/0\/9dca7a57\/L\/IMG_7370-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-3Z5Gs7k\/0\/d3964b95\/L\/IMG_7371-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-gvg7K9K\/0\/833e1e52\/L\/IMG_7372-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful clouds!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-z8bp6FF\/0\/61124682\/M\/IMG_2344%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walked 2.79 miles while I studied.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-67zQp2K\/0\/bfceefbf\/L\/IMG_7373-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-6Q38LkC\/0\/a5a1fabd\/L\/IMG_7374%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-5pnNZtJ\/0\/0c01ba1d\/M\/IMG_2345%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once I finished walking up and down my hill fifteen times, I finished trimming my back yard. I had fun listening to music while I worked.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-Rd8LBSZ\/0\/3bc53fa3\/L\/IMG_7376-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-pNzXdNJ\/0\/05f10c13\/L\/IMG_7377-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like the last couple of days, I split the time between picking up limbs and hauling them to my recycle area and cutting the plants.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-XbwSrsX\/0\/913764cb\/M\/IMG_2347-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The back yard was very overgrown.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-Bt2Qxnm\/0\/ea7a0d8a\/M\/IMG_2349-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I kept stomping my feet really hard on the ground to scare away any snakes.  That&#8217;s my main motivation for keeping my yard trimmed up:  anti-snake.  Another reason I feed opossums and raccoons. Both of them kill snakes.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-5gWFTPT\/0\/dee63bc2\/L\/IMG_2348-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-vVQ4wpP\/0\/1dd7894d\/M\/IMG_2350-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-ZXg9B9Z\/0\/af943b8b\/M\/IMG_2351-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I ended up working over two hours and walked another 1.31 miles.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-bkddK4T\/0\/dc3e4d96\/L\/IMG_7378-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-vTkX5R9\/0\/e5495e07\/L\/IMG_7379-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-wHNmjWQ\/0\/05c91004\/M\/IMG_2353-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-wpWTBPw\/0\/8376aee3\/L\/IMG_2355-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last little bit of the job.  Amen. It was surprisingly cool today.  What a relief!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-Lw4kFv2\/0\/3d7e2db1\/L\/IMG_2356-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finished product.  Every year the monkey grass continues to spread out.  Keeping it trimmed helps the grass by getting rid of the weeds that starve them for light.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-RR3hGJp\/0\/eec4acba\/M\/IMG_2357-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-tnrsGTr\/0\/d6a159f6\/M\/IMG_2359-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this picture, you can see where I take all the sticks and limbs. Eventually, the mycelium will make them all disappear.  It&#8217;s amazing. Same thing for all the leaves. Over time, they produce rich soil.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-KbHJnKL\/0\/fd65ddcc\/M\/IMG_2362%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-L5XRvXX\/0\/e20dea76\/M\/IMG_2363%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I set a fifteen minute timer to take water breaks.  That made a big difference in feeling better.  That and being so much cooler today.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-57ZwLMX\/0\/bd2131c8\/L\/IMG_7380-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lower humidity made a big difference.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-Gdgq6NB\/0\/0572ee84\/L\/IMG_7381%202-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-bdpfvj4\/0\/3fc94446\/L\/IMG_7382-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I worked on canceling my previous life insurance today.  I left two messages for the agent to cancel it.  Never could get through to him.  Hopefully, tomorrow he&#8217;ll leave a message and say it&#8217;s been done.  I&#8217;ll keep trying.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-Rnqr5vn\/0\/9ce3c889\/L\/IMG_7386-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-mJ9bmBg\/0\/40105c70\/L\/IMG_7387-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deposited a check. Amen.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-6LcKXPd\/0\/23154c72\/M\/IMG_2364%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dropped off the wifi extender at the UPS store.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-XCRs9tQ\/0\/47d6c130\/L\/IMG_2365%204-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-KzFnJH9\/0\/9e473aed\/L\/IMG_2366%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Helped the kids at the mission.  There were a lot but most of them are camera shy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-BwPsDG7\/0\/7c50dacf\/L\/IMG_2367%203-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-CfPg3s6\/0\/45438d93\/L\/IMG_2368%202-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I took the training wheels off a bike of one of the kids.  He just took off riding!  Impressive!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-GrQj9n2\/0\/1bb92963\/M\/IMG_2369%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-wSS8NjG\/0\/289a8bba\/M\/IMG_2370%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keep pushing.  I doubt Cathy will be able to keep up.  At least not by comparing it with her work last week.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Walk-Yard-Azalea-Bank-81623\/i-cZx7g2m\/0\/8e7d12dc\/L\/2023081620271382-3430417653150074226--L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started the procedure to return the wifi extender back to Amazon. OYB! Espa\u00f1ol! Beautiful clouds! Walked 2.79 miles while I studied. Once I finished walking up and down my hill fifteen times, I finished trimming my back yard. I had fun listening to music while I worked. Like the last couple of days, I split [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17732,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17728\/revisions\/17732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}