The Big Picture

A couple of days ago, I was busily clearing out the weeds and grass that encroached on the kids' sandbox in the backyard. "What are you doing?" asked my son.

I frowned at him in confusion. It was pretty obvious what I was doing—I had yard clothes on, ugly gloves, and was yanking up weeds by their roots. "I'm weeding around the sandbox. Then I'm thinking about putting flat pavers around it to help keep the grass and weeds out. I'm going to get some hanging baskets of flowers to put on...