Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Good, honest work.

I played around with the edger in the front yard today, working up a glow perspiration sweat. The curb in front of Roseholme Cottage coincides with a low spot in the gutter, and wants to fill with dirt (which then sprouts grass,) and so today I laboriously shoveled about half of it into a trash can, intending to drag it into the back yard and spread it under the hackberry tree in a spot that was half-heartedly graveled by a previous owner and is gradually returning to lawn.

Do you know how heavy half a trash can full of dirt is? I think I'll wait and do the other half tomorrow.

And now, courtesy of a generous reader, I am going to finish reading Eats, Shoots & Leaves while disposing of a frosty pitcher of ice water on the veranda.

9 comments:

  1. I think a book subtitled a zero tolerance approach to correct punctuation would surely have been a hit with Messrs. Strunk & White. Provided that it is not too long.

    Enjoy the read!

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  2. That water needs a bit of flavoring. Might I suggest a little Laphroaig and a cube of ice?

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  3. Does the term "wheelbarrow" come to mind?

    Or is that question out of order without offering chocolate?

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  4. I quite enjoyed that book. Perhaps I'll read it again on Sunday.

    Jim

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  5. No wheelbarrow? Then might I suggest the Wife's favorite yard strategy, a 5 gallon paint bucket and many trips to the back, with an equal number of Rest Stops on the return to the job site? And yes, we have a wheelbarrow, but She only allows Me to drive it. Admittedly, the work doesn't get done quickly, but we no longer get as many lower back spasms, either.

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  6. All this talk of a glow, frosty pitchers and verandas does conjure a lovely and proper mind picture, Miss Scarlett, but...

    Just gimmee the sweat, the beer, and the porch, if you please.

    AT

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  7. John Peddie (Toronto)4:26 AM, September 09, 2010

    Absent a wheelbarrow, a neighbourhood kid with a shiny red wagon could be bribed for its loan for an hour.

    For a really good bribe, he might even pull it.

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  8. "Do you know how heavy half a trash can full of dirt is?"

    About 80 lbs or more if it's got some moisture content.

    If this is going to be a recurring activity I'd concur on getting the wheelbarrow or taking smaller bites with the trash can.

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