Two, two and a half hours... / myLot

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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Anna

@LadyDuck (483968)

• Italy

31 Mar 24

That is the problem where there are carpets, we cannot drag stuff around. The wind was very strong yesterday, it made a mess of what I had on the balcony, but now it is torrential rain, later I will take care of that.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50376)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Mar 24

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

@BarBaraPrz (50376)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Mar 24

@LadyDuck Sahara dust? Really? That's a long way for it to blow.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (483968)

• Italy

31 Mar 24

@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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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (79649)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Mar 24

That's a lot of back breaking work.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50376)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Mar 24

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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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50376)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

1 Apr 24

@kaylachan Yes, I know.

Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (79649)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Mar 24

@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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Morley Hunt

@Morleyhunt (21742)

• Canada

30 Mar 24

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

@BarBaraPrz (50376)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Mar 24

I have snowdrops, daffs and a few other things blooming but the tulips and hyacinths are taking their time.

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