Sunday was very pleasant. The weather was perfect - a little cool but sunny and blue skies. After DH finished putting on his fertilizer/dandelion killer we loaded the lawn mower into my Cruiser and went to the "old house" to mow the lawn there. The Old House is a 1916 house that has been in my family since the early 1920's. My DH's father was raised there and his grandmother lived there for most of her life. We lived there as the first house that we owned. But it is very small - 700 square feet according to the property tax description, and we outgrew it rather quickly. We probably should have sold it right away after we moved, but we gave in to pleas and rented it to several relatives over a few years instead. That left us with a lot of repairs to make and no time to make them. The house has been in the process of repair, update and remodel ever since. Expenses are fairly low, but I think we have to get rid of it soon - it is money we really don't have. What I need is someone who can replace two celings for us - cheap. When those are done, then it's just painting and I can do that rather quickly. 
I have a robin's nest on the light next to my front door. Mom has been very conscientious, sitting on the nest as long as possible. I feel fairly certain that we will have little ones soon. I always enjoy seeing the robins in our yard, so I'm willing to put up with the small inconvenience (and much larger mess) that the nest causes. However, this year I'm going to pressure wash the siding again, and the nest will be history until they rebuild next year. I'm sure they will since the surface is flat, protected, and relatively undisturbed. It is also an easy location to defend. The robins are no fools - they choose well. Long life to their babies and to you on this fine Monday.
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