A few weeks ago I was at a customer's house showing my crew what to do, when I noticed a big bad clump of grass up against a rock. "Damn!" I thought to myself, "these mow blow and go companies never clean up after themselves" I reached down to pick it up and something pink and furless scurried about underneath. I jumped up and screamed so loudly that I scared the %*&# out my crew, and they ending up screaming too.

This summer, I asked some of the people on my crew if they would be willing to write a blog. This is Emma's contribution of Summer 07.

I know that they have come and gone but I had to mention the amazing tree peonies that I have seen around the city. I took this photograph one day while working on Walmer road just south of Dupont. It was an over cast day and it had just rained. I love how I caught the droplettes of water on the leaves.

Before I begin, I have some sad news. The next door neighbour's Jack Russell Terriorist lunged at the ladder that the Robins were nesting on, and he killed them all, just for sport. I was there, I watched it happen right in front of me in a matter of seconds and there was nothing that I could do. It was pretty traumatic.

I would like to introduce to you the awakening of my spirit. It's called Spring, and this is what she looks like.

 Forsythia blossoms