The bushes in our front yard didn’t do so well this winter several of them collapsed after some of the snow we received. Also last year one of our neighbors suggested to us that those same bushes were to big and out of proportion with our building. As much as I didn’t want to, because I had some ideas of how much work this sort of thing entailed I did have to agree. So Saturday the weather was warm, the ground still soft, we decided to hook them up our car and pull them out hillbilly style. I gave a lot of thought to pulling them with the car, however in retrospect I should have given more though to how I was going to get rid of twelve big stumps, and their adjoining branches… It was a long day and I am still sore today. So I now have to admit how much of my life really has been shaped by TV. Before becoming a homeowner I lived in the fairytale land of Bob Vila, and all was so good dreaming of that one day home ownership, but now I know none of that do-it-yourself shit is as easy as it looks on TV. Nonetheless, pulling those stumps out with our car did draw a small crowd of our neighbors, and it was nice to see them all and tell them how much we look forward to seeing them pull their own over-grown shrubberies out this year.
I. Mars the Bringer of War, Holst: The planets
2 comments:
now that sounded like one hell of a project! How long did it take? By the way, it looks really good though!
Thunder outside, mother nature.
I like being a renter again. I enjoyed owning our place in florida, but I learned the hard way how much work is involved. If my roof leaks now I just call mr landlord. it certinly has it's advantages
the view, modest mouse
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