Two, two and a half hours...
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45597)
St. Catharines, Ontario
March 30, 2024 3:42pm CST
Something like that spent sweeping up my patio. It's not as easy as one would think when there's a rapidly deteriroating woven plastic "carpet" on said patio. Then factor in the fierce winds that blew leaves under it all autumn. I could move the chairs off it but not the glass-top table. If it was just bare concrete, I could have dragged the table off the patio where I wanted to sweep but I'm sure the mat would shred if I dragged the table across.
The sun was out for a bit when I started all this but the clouds came again and it cooled down to 6°C/43°F, so I said to myself, "That's good enough for now." And yes, my back hurts and I'm tired. Think I'll lie down with a good book now.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar
No rain in today's forecast but the rest of the week doesn't look so good, even maybe more sn*w by mid-week.
Happy Easter.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar
@LadyDuck Sahara dust? Really? That's a long way for it to blow.
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@LadyDuck (459621)
• Switzerland
31 Mar
@BarBaraPrz Happy Easter to you too.
We even had Sahara dust with the rain, my windows look horrible upstairs, I did not close the shutters fast enough.
More cleaning soon.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 Apr
My back's been giving me arguments since about '69/'70, so it's something I've come to expect if I do any sort of work. Today's work (Monday) hasn't bothered it, though.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Apr
@grenery8 Yup, spent a couple hours shovelling a heavy snowfall and at the end of the day I couldn't get off the couch and up to bed without my mother's help.
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@kaylachan (58372)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Mar
That's a lot of back breaking work.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar
But I can't afford to hire someone to do it for me, plus they'd never do as good a job as I could 
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@kaylachan (58372)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Mar
@BarBaraPrz I wasn't implying you should. I was just saying it's physically demanding. It's wonderful you can do it. Just be sure to pace yourself.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar
Yes, those plastic lawn chairs are ubiquitous but they were free, as was the table.
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@JudyEv (326275)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Apr
@BarBaraPrz Free is always good - well, mostly anyway.
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@LindaOHio (157507)
• United States
31 Mar
I hope your back is better. Have a Happy Easter.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar
Happy Easter to you too. Back's okay for now.
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@LindaOHio (157507)
• United States
31 Mar
@BarBaraPrz Thank you very much. Glad to hear it.
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@snowy22315 (170679)
• United States
30 Mar
I think you deserve it. Removing leaves here is weird.you do it one day, and the next day it looks the same. A heavy breeze will do that
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar
Especially when there's a mild autumn and the leaves don't all fall in a week but hand on well into December.
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@Morleyhunt (21746)
• Canada
30 Mar
Your temperature was similar to ours. Grey and rainy again today.
Soon I’ll need to think about raking the lawn.
On a positive note, our first crocus is blooming.
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@BarBaraPrz (45597)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar
I have snowdrops, daffs and a few other things blooming but the tulips and hyacinths are taking their time.
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