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.
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.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the read!
That water needs a bit of flavoring. Might I suggest a little Laphroaig and a cube of ice?
ReplyDeleteDoes the term "wheelbarrow" come to mind?
ReplyDeleteOr is that question out of order without offering chocolate?
No wheelbarrows on hand. :(
ReplyDeleteI quite enjoyed that book. Perhaps I'll read it again on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteJim
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.
ReplyDeleteAll this talk of a glow, frosty pitchers and verandas does conjure a lovely and proper mind picture, Miss Scarlett, but...
ReplyDeleteJust gimmee the sweat, the beer, and the porch, if you please.
AT
Absent a wheelbarrow, a neighbourhood kid with a shiny red wagon could be bribed for its loan for an hour.
ReplyDeleteFor a really good bribe, he might even pull it.
"Do you know how heavy half a trash can full of dirt is?"
ReplyDeleteAbout 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.