The neighbor has a tree loppery thingie.
It goes wayyyyyyyy up and clips branches that are hanging where you don't want 'em hanging.
It requires a bit of coordination.
I thought I was doing good! I hacked the by-jeepers outta the tree in back before himself even saw daylight. (yeah, well......daylight starts at 5ish, dontchaknow....does for some of us anyway....)
Yup--a whole pile of branchy thingies layin' around the tree. It looked like some massacre, I'm sure. But it worked! And it was wayyyyyyyy cool! I could see the limbs of the tree! AND I could see the birdies perching on the branches I hadn't whacked off!!
Yeah, well....
Change of plans--my job became to trim the bushes out front.
(after stealing a cuppa coffee, of course)
Yeah, well....
Change of plans--my job then became to pound the decorative birdie houses into the trimmed bushy area.
Uh huh...change of plans again......my job shifted to a broom.
Ohhhh....I got to sweep up the fir bits that went on the driveway from someonewhowon'tbenamed's frenzy of bush whacking (pun intended....*sigh*).
Great fun.
And THEN I got to say 'yup' when the telescoping loppery thingy was hitting the branch of the tree just right so someonewhowon'tbenamed could lop it off. (trees out front, dontchaknow...)
GREAT fun.
Right up there with sweeping up the fir bits.
BUT!!
I got to put plants in pots!!
....cuz someonewhowon'tbenamed took a nap.
<-- didn't take a nap
<-- isn't old like that. :-/
YES, I'll tell someonewhowon'tbenamed that I said that.....
:-P
3 comments:
I was thinking only yesterday, as I was tinkering in my tiny courtyard, how relaxing and enjoyable gardening is! glad you were having a good time of it too
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Sounds as though that tree loppering is tiring for an old person. But not, obviously, for someone as young at heart as you :)
You go Mel. I can see you loppering away till everything is just right.
That's true love - all that workin' together so well! :D
Ya know, I think sometimes I write comments - then "x" out - forgetting to do the padooobee down below. Hope you don't think I don't visit!!
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