Friday, April 24, 2009

Whew!

It was time for all the pretty flowers to die with the ritual First Lawn Mowing Of The Season.

(Yes, I know that wild violets and the like are technically "weeds", but they are pretty weeds, and so they got a one week grace period before beheading. This is Broad Ripple; we're expected to be eccentric and hippielike.)

The iPod served up a choice lawn mowing mix, too, with L7, Urge Overkill, Joy Division, Spacehog, The Clash, No Doubt, and Kula Shaker. I felt like I was mowing the lawn to the soundtrack of a Michael Mann movie.

75F is fairly warmish when it was only 37F yesterday morning, by the way.

I am pleased to see that my delphinium has survived to see a second growing season.
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9 comments:

Somerled said...

Old-time Hippies would let the yard go to hell and then pick greens and harvest roots for sustenance, herbal remedies, and dyes for their unwashed t-shirts.

4:57 PM, April 24, 2009
Anonymous said...

And no doubt, right now, some Government bureaucrat is investigating "delphinium" possession and why it currently doesn't require a license from the state!

Either these civilians are messing around with some kind of heavy metal for cop killer bullets, or Bobbi X has been storing star ship fuel in an unsafe manner.

word verification : morat - that dude Cohen's evil twin, who fooled so many voters in the '08 election.

5:21 PM, April 24, 2009
Tam said...

"And no doubt, right now, some Government bureaucrat is investigating "delphinium" possession and why it currently doesn't require a license from the state!"

Delphinium "Black Knight" is a variety of Larkspur, and contains a powerfully toxic alkaloid called delphinine that will 'splode your heart if you eat the leaves.

5:41 PM, April 24, 2009
bse5150 said...

I knew I liked your site for a reason: You're an L7 fan! Do you have the Smell The Magic tee shirt? If so, if it's extra large, I want you to send it to me immediately!

6:05 PM, April 24, 2009
og said...

Just did my first mow. And it was plenty fine. Of course I used the pushmower (gas, not reel type) because the tractor deck is still being rebuilt- but it was nice nonetheless. All frigging acre of it. Bagged it too. Now I need a nap...

6:37 PM, April 24, 2009
Marcus said...

L7 and Urge Overkill? Sounds like somebody was listening to "The Crow" soundtrack to me.

BTW... "Shitlist" is by far the best L7 song.

8:18 PM, April 24, 2009
The Freeholder said...

"First Lawn Mowing"? Good grief, we've been mowing since mid-March!

10:04 PM, April 24, 2009
wolfwalker said...

Yes, I know that wild violets and the like are technically "weeds", but they are pretty weeds, A weed is just a flower growing where you don't want it. If you don't mind having it there, it ain't a weed.

1:11 PM, April 25, 2009
Home on the Range said...

I broke down and bought a new mower. I think IKEA must have made it, it had so many parts (some assembly required my ass).

Then I went all out and got a new weed wacker as well. Let the games begin.

1:06 PM, April 26, 2009

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