Grasshoppers and Ants

There is a story/parable/fable about hard working ants and a grasshopper who fiddled and played while summer days passed by. Fall came and still he played. When the cold of the first snow fell he knocked on the ants' door. They were pretty abrupt with him! Look to the ants, you sluggard! So, I think there may have been a bit of fiddle playing during the summer but these falling leaves have certainly put the hurry in my step. I'm hoping for a long, lazy, and warm autumn, but...

So I'm hustling. 3/4's of the way around the perimeter of my yard. pant, pant. The grass got into this end so it was easier to pull the plants, dig, and of course, rearrange. The field stones are very hard to keep nice so I just dug them out and stacked them. I need to think about a path surface. We also need to have a trench or something back behind as it is too low and the water pools and kills stuff. The farming chores are not going to happen. What is done is done. It is far too wet in the fields. I have a road trip this weekend and my dearie has said he can give two weekends to the studio shed project. So I want to be ready for that. Today is grandkids day. Surely the ants play on occasion! But I definitely want to get my work done so I can play all winter!!!