It's Monday and a holiday, Labor Day, the first Monday each September. Labor Day was created by the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of the United States. Gus and I labored this day to improve the well-being of our yard. We straightened, as best we could, four of the large Willow trees that were pushed over by Ernesto and we picked up fallen limbs from the yard. The rest of the larger trees will have to wait - we only had four heavy-duty metal stakes. And the smaller trees can be straightened, the fallen leaves "mulched," by Gus during the rest of this week.