There is something so gratifying about seeing those lines after you have mowed the lawn!
It is so short lived too, but for the day or two that they are prominent, it gives such a sense of accomplishment.
My neighbor, God bless her, is psychotic about her lawn. Today, while I was mowing the front. she was out there. I thought she was finishing up, but nope. Even though it didn’t need it and you could still see the track marks, she was out there getting ready to mow.
With here, it’s an art really. She uses the leaf blower first and picks up all the leaves. Then, she gets out the big honkin’ push mower, complete with mulcher and bag. She makes certain to line the wheel marks up from the last time it was mowed. I think she does it so she doesn’t lose her place (or if she does skip a row, you’d never know…)
It looks beautiful, but I still don’t get why she pre-blows it with the leaf blower when she has a bag? The lawn is dense enough that the leaves aren’t trapped down in the grass, so I just don’t get it.
I also feel sorry for her. I have this lovely view of their uber-manicured lawn & she has to look at my hillbilly/ghetto-tastic yard. Now, it has come a long way from where it was, but it’s still nothing spectacular. Tough to prioritize on where to spend the limited funds on a single income. So, for now, I do my best to keep it clean & neat. Some day, I may have the time and energy like she does, but for now…I think I’ll just take a nap.
(did anyone start singing "Happiness is a Warm Gun" when they read the title?)
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