Thistle War...

Beth was up and at church by 8am. I go up and got dressed by the time Beth got home. We had breakfast and then went outside. I finished trimming the grass around the steps and the deck. We then had to get the ladder out and clean out the one gutter. It had whirly bird that were sprouting. We then took on the thistles behind the fence. We had decided that the only way to get rid of them is to kill everything back there and start over again. The ivy is so nice and has had 4 years to grow, but there are too many thistles. We had to cut the tops off as they were getting ready to go to seed and we did not want that. So we pulled a few of them and that was taking too long. So we went and got the hedge trimmers and cut the tops off and bagged them. We had 5 large bags of thistles. It took us around 2 hours to complete that task. We came inside to have lunch and the clouds rolled in. We were hoping it would past, but it did not and the rain began. So we took showers and were done for the day. Grass cutting will have to wait until tomorrow. The the rain, sun, rain, sun cycle happened all day long. Dawn, Jo, and Rylee came by around 4pm for a short visit. I fixed dinner of flat iron steak, corn on the cob, and salad. I finished folding the laundry and Beth wanted an ice cream cone, so we were off to Rita's. Beth was able to watch the Phillies lose today during the rain storm.