In my little world

It's blueberry season again.  I have to pretty much babysit my bushes so I can keep up with the japanese beetles. They are not native to Maine. I think I read somewhere that they came over here on a container ship accidently. I knock them off into a pail of water. Apparently, they never learned how to swim so I use that knowledge to my advantage.  They can cause alot of devastation in a short amount of time.  I only sprayed them once about a month ago but I always stop a few weeks before I start picking them.

My pears are doing great.  It's the first time this tree gave me more then one pear.  The other tree is younger and had blossums for the first time but no pears.  I have about a dozen or more so I'll probably share them with the neighbors.

If you remember in a past journal, I talked about having two riding lawn mowers. Bought one and was able to fix the other, and then in another journal where I talked about my new neighbor bailing me out last winter by snowblowing my driveway after a big storm when I couldn't start my own snowblower.  A few days ago I saw him mowing his big lawn with an old push mower so while he was at work, I drove my older riding mower across the street and parked it in his driveway with a sign that read, "free gift for you" .  He messaged me on facebook and went on and on about how happy he is.  Previously, I had been thinking about selling it but I came to the conclusion that I prefer giving stuff away, for some reason. 

Let's all pray that the war ends soon.

~~~Peace~~~