The new jobs are coming thick and fast now.

This Tuesday I became Fixer of Bracelets (I’ll do another post on that as it’s a useful one and deserves a spot on Muddled Life Resources) and Leaf Blower Extraordinaire***.

Mum and Dad have a lovely, very mature garden that they have put years of effort into.  It’s still gorgeous (if a little…shall we say ‘wild’), but it does need a little help if it’s going to look good if summer comes back / arrives.  It’s surrounded by woodland and one thing I’ve not got on top of is clearing the blimin’ leaves.  All the easy bits are complete, but they are still thick on most of the flower beds.  And I can only assume that once I clear one part , the leaves I’ve not picked up multiply and we’re back to square one.  There’s obviously no more falling so they are either procreating or hiding somewhere, waiting for a clear patch to have a lie down on.

In my quest to rid the garden of leaves I put a request out to my circuits class this week to see if anyone had a leaf blower I could borrow.  And one kind soul did, so off I trotted on Tuesday with this thing that looked more like a weapon to be used in war than a gardening implement, filling the boot:

It was like a jigsaw puzzle getting the Tesco shop and the small pharmacy I picked up for Mum and Dad on the way around that…

Obviously, it rained Tuesday morning.  And Tuesday afternoon.  And Although Dad warned me it wouldn’t work well with wet leaves I gave it a try.  It didn’t work well with wet leaves.  I will hope for better weather next week.

I caught sight of my reflection in Mum and Dad’s patio doors at one point.  With the shoulder strap slung across me, my Weapon of Leaf Destruction in both hands, my hole-y gardening leggings and paint covered sweatshirt on I looked…like a menopausal Lara Croft, who had frankly, let herself go. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Luckily for you, I did not do a selfie.

I did capture this chap though, who despite the loudness and movement caused by the Weapon of Leaf Destruction, followed me around most of the time I was out there 🙂

***not quite, but just you wait til next week!