On New Years and Mowing Grass

My lawn...before mowing it for the first time last spring.

It’s the first day of January -- the middle of winter -- and though (knock on wood) it hasn’t been overly cold so far this season, I find my thoughts turning toward summer. 

Of course, when it was summer, I did the same thing. As I rode my mower up and down the lawn, my thoughts turned toward this…