Heal-all

Svaldilfari came home this morning.  I'd noticed oil on the floor underneath him after mowing the lawn and had called John Deere back on July 1st.   A week later I called John Deere asking about his status and was told they hadn't gotten to it yet - would try to get to it that week.  Surprisingly I did get a call back that week.  The problem was a leaking O-ring and it had been replaced.   Svaldilfari would be coming home on Monday if that was OK.  I asked how much the cost would be.  I'd told the rep picking it up if it was less than a certain amount to just fix it - no need to call me for an OK.  Had hoped that would speed things along.  The charge came in just below the amount I'd told the rep.  Now I wondered if I should lower my upper limit next time. This afternoon I mowed the lawn - even though it's become quite pretty.  There are  yellow bird's-foot trefoil.  It reproduces readily via rhizomes and stolons.  You can tell since it appears in round patches.  Lots of white clover blossoms through out the lawn.  Funny, since it too reproduces in the same way bird's foot trefoil does.  It's more uniform spread throughout the lawn may be because my lawn is just an extension of the fields around me.  Clover was planted in those fields so it appears everywhere across my lawn too.  I put the mower at it's highest position so the 'grass' wasn't too traumatized.  For that reason, there are still some  trefoil flowers, some clover, some of the heal-all, and all of the bunny clover (it's really short).   Forecast is for rain tomorrow.  If the storms hold off long enough, I'll finish the outer paths too - as much of them that's above water anyway.