Finally, the great outdoors

This past weekend saw my sister join me for a fun filled weekend of landscaping. Before she arrived, I ran around and tried to clean the place up, and did the month end filter changes. The one in the basement still seems fine - or at least not dirty enough to change yet.
After she arrived, and the various tools of destruction unloaded from the truck, the fun began.
Moss was scraped from the foundation apron. The driveway was scraped, and the grass cut back. A curb was rediscovered.

Curb!

Brush was hacked and slashed and chainsawed.  Bittersweet was yanked. Leaves raked. Snakes driven from the basking spots, and spouting spring bulbs uncovered and planted, thanks to a surprise visit from Terry. Even grass seed was thrown down for grins, (though now it's gone and gotten cold again.)

trim, trim, trim

I have about 8' more clearance down the side of my driveway now! Granted, all the trimming generated a heck of a brush pile. I had been unable to secure a brush dump permit or a burn permit, so it just keeps getting larger.

It's about the size of my car now.

I'm considering renting a chipper for a day and just feeding it through, since burn season ends 5/1, and it's so green most of this would only smolder this year anyway.
Alicia and I also discovered that my property is full of pokey things. Rose, some very sharp vine-y thing dubbed "sticky creeper" for it's desire to wrap around your legs and cling to your pants, and a ton of young black locust trees.
Also, I had the dubious luck to find the poison ivy with my forearms. I have to remember that I must work with long sleeves *down*. Short sleeves + yard work isn't allowed for me any more. I'll skip the pictures of the poison ivy aftermath.

After yard work was time for exploring. We walked up and tried to find the back of the property, dodging ticks as we went. We found 2 pipes and a cement marker that could be pins. I'm going to have to do some research in the deeds to figure out what's what.

Getting there.