With the rain expected in the afternoon I went out early to do one of the last sections of the edge near Beach 36 Street. It is a nasty area, neglected by the house on the corner. There was garbage among the plants, and I also ran into a patch of poison ivy. Not much, but we need to deal with that. I worked to the edge of the asphalt, and where the little Black lotus tree is a little further. One man came to ask me what I was doing. He is a visitor somewhere in the street. I put the bags in the park by the can. I also took the Park's parasol back to the caretakers in the building. There were people working on repairing the benches. The wood looked very good only the holes where the bolts went through were rotted. The guy told me they would be recycled. I hope that is the case, beautiful straight grain wood it was. On my way home I met a women who has lived in the area for 30 years. She was waxing poetically about the beauty of the our area. It is good to meet people who do realize the value of their surrounding.