Poison Ivy
And preparation day rolls around again, but this time I sort of got caught up on my mowing, so I can rest this weekend with a sort of clear conscience. Snooks will bake challah and make up a one pot dish for the Shabbat. I will sit in my air-conditioned studio and look out on the freshly mowed fields with a sense of accomplishment. But it wasn’t all my doing. One neighbor came last week and mowed the verges, and another came this week and weed-whacked the edges so all I had to do was mow the middles.
Little acts of kindness like that make me feel less like an island and more of a part of something, though I admit I am not the easiest person in the world to do things for. I do miss my independence, but some of the little chores just wind me. A poison ivy patch has sprung up in the front yard, but the task of dragging out the sprayer, mixing the cocktail and pumping the blasted thing up can take me a whole day to accomplish. But it needs doing. And a fresh tree stump is awaiting the weed burner to burn it to the ground and make sure the roots are dead.
*sigh!*
But 50 years from now, no one will miss the tree stump, a new owner will put in a Chinese garden or some other civilized horror, and life will go on … unless Messiah comes first. One can always hope.
So, armed with a fresh cup, I peer out my electric window into your world, and out my glass window to a brave new world …
Good morning!
Rusty's Armory 
May 31, 2019 at 12:13 pm
Good morning to my favorite old curmudgeon …. ok maybe not curmudgeon……. it just sounded good. lol
Hope you have a wonderfilled weekend. XOXOOX
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May 31, 2019 at 2:27 pm
I have worked hard for the title of curmudgeon. I earned it. 😉
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May 31, 2019 at 2:50 pm
OK THEN!!
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May 31, 2019 at 1:41 pm
Tossing a coin … coffee vs. a nap. It’s hot over here in northeast Florida, and hurricane season is about to begin. The mow, blow, and go crew is taking care of our grass today. As much as I fuss about our HOA, I’m thankful that I don’t have to do any mowing.
Looks like a nap won the coin toss. See you later, my friend.
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May 31, 2019 at 2:28 pm
… napping always wins the coin toss! 😉
Sleep well, sweetheart … you need that rest …
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May 31, 2019 at 11:45 pm
Mow, blow & go. I gotta remember that…
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May 31, 2019 at 1:57 pm
There’s nothing like the satisfaction of a freshly lawn.. or field. If only the damn things would stay mown. We’ve been so wet you could mow every 3 days, but you can’t on account if it being so wet.
🙄
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May 31, 2019 at 2:29 pm
That’s sort of what Snook says about dusting. You do it, and six short months down the road it needs it again …
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May 31, 2019 at 6:19 pm
6 months? I dust every day!
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May 31, 2019 at 11:46 pm
Can you come to my house? I have industrial strength dust bunnies.
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June 1, 2019 at 5:36 am
No.
But thanks for asking…
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June 1, 2019 at 3:17 pm
😄
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