Midnight Lawn Mowing

As I sat at my desk and looked out the front window into my neighbor's front lawn, I noticed lights moving back and forth. I could hear the hum of a riding lawn mower. My interest was peaked. With further investigation and calling my wife in to verify what I was seeing, it was true. At 9:00 pm on Wednesday, he was mowing his grass in complete darkness. This was not a summer day when it doesn't get dark until 9:30, no it was dark at about 8:00 pm this night.

As we watched, our neighbor rode his lawn mower up and down his yard with his headlights blaring (on the lawn mower!) We were in a small case of shock and we started to ask ourselves, why?

Is it his age and being an older gentlemen he did not want to be out in the middle of the afternoon, in the heat cutting his grass? Was it the heat that caused him to do this? Was it the fact that his lawn mower had headlights and he felt the need to actually use them?

My assumption is the cause of this night mowing was the heat but if we are deep into October and this continues, I will have to reconsider my assumptions. It still is unsettling!