One of the drawbacks of living in an area described as aspen-poplar parkland is that cleared areas, such as my yard, are subject to invasion by the aspen and poplar.

Our push lawn mower does a lovely job of the grass, and decapitates dandelions fine. But saplings, it's not so good at.

We're finally caught up to our goal for billed hours in July, after a bad start with several days sick and the triple holiday of Canada Day - 4th of July - anniversary. So the blogging will resume, perhaps, now that morale has improved.