This is my favorite of the “big four” trees planted in my side or corner yard. I was trying to document how much is damaged by disease or insects. I always love looking up at the sunlight that shows between the leaves. My hammock is in this yard, but I don’t lay out there often enough to stare up at the trees. I really need a screened in gazebo here, because there are tons of mosquitos.
My exercise the last two days was mowing a little bit. It takes a lot of effort because of my uneven yard, my stroke affected body and I can not stand sweating. My face turned red yesterday from being “overheated”. I still have more lawn to mow after working on it three days already. I should get about 90 percent of it done today, if it does not rain more and if my son helps me. He did a few rows yesterday. What takes me 1/2 hour takes him 5 minutes and he still complains. I had to pick him up from school and take him to an appointment. I also talked to my mom on the phone. I washed my hair and cooked dinner, all things that take me longer and take more out of me. I am counting my plant propagation as “relaxing” time, as it is something I love to do. I also watered my garden with the watering can. Something is not right with my garden hose or outside faucet.
In Sync With The Universe 
Congrats on the progress in your yard!
Until you get a screened-in gazebo, maybe try planting some mosquito-repelling plants. Some I’ve seen are lemon balm, peppermint, catnip, rosemary, garlic and thyme, but there could be others. Also, I bought a bat house for that purpose that I never used; I’d ship it to you if you want it. Let me know. Bats eat about 500 mosquitoes per hour.
Thanks for the congrats. The progress on my yard means my house cleaning suffers. The gazebo is a pipe dream, I have so many repairs that need to be done on my house first. I am holding off on putting up a bat house until my soffits on my roof are redone. I have too many openings on my “giant” bat house. I had a bat the first year I lived here, entered through the roof and took forever to get him out the front door. I had the lights and music on all night for weeks after. After my roof is done I might hang one on each tree. I also realized my birdbath is a breeding ground (it is out there)…I have to find out what to put in that won’t hurt the birds but not let the mosquitos breed.