It was a beautiful morning.  Temperatures in the low 70s.  Sun had been up no more than an hour.  Not a mosquito in sight.  Empty coffee cup on the deck.  Time to stretch and get moving for the day.  But first a slow stroll around the flower beds.  Time to weed.

Quick check on the kids and they were in their jammies building a large castle with their wooden blocks on the back door step.  Mock battles, princesses rescued, knights in shiny armour.  They were OK.

Picking a section to start, I enjoyed every minute pulling out weeds from around each flower.  Stepping back, done, I noticed a weed I had missed.  How did that happen?  Pulled it out, stepped back again and another weed jumped out at me.

By this time, I’m muttering under my breath “This is just like online marketing, you learn something, think you’ve got it aced, step back and realize there’s something else you have to do or learn.”   Read the rest of this entry