Hot and Tired

My project for my day began early while it was semi-cool.  The porch and this corner needed cleaning, trimming and a general get my stuff together approach. 

With the porch finished, the water garden refreshed, the horses watered and some progress in this corner, I am drinking to beat the band. I'm sweating buckets and I'm keep getting sidetracked.

I trimmed the irises, pulled grass, put things in their proper places.  Carried the pulled grass to places I needed grass, carried the cut limbs to a debris pile, and broken things to the trash.

Any suggestions on how to camouflage this pipe from the wood stove in the basement?

Replacing my drain guy, I got a surprise.

Notice the lip of the gargoyle.

His buddies swarmed out.

It has been so long since rain has drained,

the red wasps have built a home in the rain spout!

This was as close to finished as I got this morning.  First, I am allergic to wasps and also, it had reached 102 already so it is too hot for an office softie like me to labor in the sun...and live. 

I shall return, when it's cooler,  armed with wasp spray, aim it up that rain spout and run like a crazy women...then I can finish...maybe.