Evil neighbor, part 1

Any neighbor who makes lawn mowing or general lawn care a competition is evil.

Since the grass has been long enough to mow, our neighbor has had the following maintenance done on his lawn:
1. deck washed and possibly restained.
2. lawn seeded
3. pesticide applied
4. decorative rock rearranged

Needless to say, our neighbor is retired and has the means to enhance his yard. I have no problem with either of those two facts. Heck, if a little extra grass seed blew into our yard by accident, I'd have no problem with that, either.

However, a few weeks ago, we were out of town for several days. Prior to our trip, I cut our grass three days earlier than usual so I wouldn't have an unsightly yard when we returned. I'm thinking I have inadvertantly thrown down the proverbial gauntlet, because he has mowed his yard a day earlier than me for a couple of weeks since then.

One afternoon last week, we were mowing our yards at the same time. Pratically side by side for the adjacent parts of our back yards. Sigh.

Today, he is mowing his yard THREE DAYS EARLIER THAN USUAL. I don't really have time to mow this evening, or tomorrow. This is probably what he was wanting...a spectacular looking, closely cropped carpet of green...made all the more attractive because of our dandelion ridden jungle.

I'm seriously contemplating a quick mowing tonight to see if he will start mowing twice a week. >:}