It was a little on the hot side this weekend, with occasional bursts of cool breezes. I was able to get lots of stuff done, but it was a struggle.

I'm on this medicine for the cancer and it has chosen to affect other areas of my body too. For one thing, it makes me sorta tired and, of course, it gives me hot flashes. Now, being tired and trying to work is a challenge, but couple that with hot flashes in 80 degree weather and you can see how it can kick your butt.

I managed to get my mom's yard cut Saturday and helped my wife clean her house. We then headed to Columbus to work in my daughter and son-in-law's yard with them on Sunday. We planted around 25 bushs on Sunday and it was hard with those sudden attacks of internal heat that set me on my butt. On Monday we were able to clear out some grown-up weeks and lay pine straw over the various islands in the front yard. We just took our time getting that done so as not to get to hot, so it wasn't too bad.

All in all it was a good, fruitful weekend and we were able to enjoy the view as we drove away. That's the nice thing about gardening and landscaping, you get such a feeling of accomplishment everytime you look on the results of your hard labor.