Today was Clean Up Day in the Lockwood Trailer Park (aka LCC). Four whole hours were set aside, from 8AM to Noon, and a dumpster was provided for free dump of useless stuff and trash.

I spent most of the four hours trying to get any of the THREE weed whackers I own to work. No success, so I borrowed a sickle from my neighbor and whacked the weeds across the street THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. (I had tried to buy a sickle, or a scythe, at Home Depot and Ace Hardware with no luck.)

The street looks better across from me and my neighbors. At least the work made it appear that I was dong something. Still, my back yard needs a cleanup before the snows come. Autumn starts Monday and there has already been a change of temperature.

After cleaning up the street (Peri Ranch Road), I loaded the cut sagebrush and other trash into my Ranger and went down to dump it in the container. Ninety-nine trailer spots here, and they wanted a through job; so they went out and got ONE twenty foot long container for the whole place! It was overflowing when I got there. Duh. Maybe next year they will get one big enough for the job. (This is how they do things around here...after the fact...not half-slow but definitely half-fast.)

At noon, I took the Big Bowl of Potato Salad I had made from scratch (5 lbs of potatoes, pickles, onions, olives, a quart of mayo, salt and pepper) up for the Free Potluck Lunch in Louise Peri Park (where I run my dog). My salad was a hit, as I thought it might be since Summer ends on Monday. I took about a serving and a half home with me after the crowd thinned.

I was surprised at the low turn-out; maybe twenty folks total. Most, if not all, of the Executive Board was there. This is a good idea; the whole community pitching in to get rid of the crap that accumulates with time and folks just living the life.

Every surface in my house is covered with stuff; I have to make more surfaces!

And I can't find my work boots! Been looking for two days. Oh, the frustration of losing it to years.  ¶ 7:08 PM