Gildavid Moments

     After a loooong winter, spring is finally here! It is such a joy to wake up in the morning and look outside the window and see our bulbs coming out with colorful and lovely blooms. When we bought this house last year, the former owner (a professional landscape architect) told us that there were plenty of bulbs in the front yard. We bought the house late spring last year, so we did not see how the front lawn looked like in early spring.

     We were pleasantly surprised to see the lovely flowers coming out in full grandeur. I look at them and my heart breathes a prayer of gratitude and awe.

     Spring has always been my favorite season and this year’s spring is extraordinarily beautiful. Every time we go out, I would exclaim, “Look, how lovely that looks!” David would say, “Yes, but it is these flowers that’s causing my allergies”. Fortunately, I have no problem with pollens so I am happily enjoying the season

     It feels great to be able to get out of the house and work on the yard again. There was a big pile of yard waste (3 years worth, according to our next door neighbor) in our backyard that needed to be cleaned up.

     Last year, David called a junk pick up company for a clean up estimate and we were told  that is would cost about $500!!! We decided to do the job ourselves but we were not able to do it until the middle of last month. It took up three weeks to do it. It was a lot of work. Luckily, David and I work well together.

     Cleaning up ones yard is not a simple task in Columbus. Yard waste cannot be burned, they have to be placed in special paper bags. When you have a lot of yard waste, that can cost quite a bit of money. You can also use uncovered garbage cans and boxes. Twigs and branches can be tied in a bundle (my Girl Scout training was put to good use). Yard waste collection is done weekly, so we had to make sure that all the bags and boxes were placed on the curb for our pick up schedule. 

     See how much yard waste we put out for pick up, in the last two weeks!