On this day, I spent some time doing what I do best - cutting the grass and trimming the hedges. My goal for this summer was to try to get a handle on all of the wild growth that had accumulated. So I broke out the lawn mower, weed eater, and hedge trimmer and got to work. It's amazing how much of a difference just cutting the grass made.

When we looked at the house in the spring, I commented about what I perceived as the lack of privacy hedges in between the properties on this side of the yard. Now that summer has arrived, what was there has filled in a little bit, which is good.

The back yard looks pretty good after doing some much needed maintenance.

The back yard looks pretty good after cutting the grass and trimming the bushes.

This corner of the yard was quite overgrown, but looked much better after a few passes with the lawn mower. I made an odd discovery under the English Ivy seen toward the center of the photo above. The ivy was covering a large pile of bricks. I have no idea where they came from, or why they were piled in this corner of the yard.

The area seen in the photo above also looked much better after a few passes with the lawn mower. Little by little, I'll work my way into the area behind the dog enclosure. Since we don't have a dog, I will probably remove the old fence which will make this area more accessible.