Today it was finally a bit cooler so I did some way overdue yard work.

While mowing the yard and doing a pit of cleanup of trees and bushes I thought of a few of my recent posts.

Of course I thought of my post from yesterday A Yellow Rose? 

I did some cleanup of my roses, but not as much as I need to.

When I went into the backyard I saw that the first of the pair of brachts of my agapanthus had opened. The brachts are the two leaves that enclose the flowers and are on the end of the scapes.

Another of the pair of brachts was just starting to open. I am sure it will be fully open tomorrow.

I now have 11 scapes on my agapanthus.

I also spotted a little mantis nymph. This one was outside where it should be.

See my post A Little Visitor from last week.

Some nice thoughts while doing yard work. My grass looks much better now 🙂

Steven