fflo: (bobby hill)
fflo ([personal profile] fflo) wrote2005-04-17 05:10 pm

on a break from the yard

* ~sigh~ *

i've done only a fraction of the weekend's outdoor goals

the fence needs shoring up; the gate is broken

fence is on city property & must be maintained; it bites it & I (a) lose private-ish feel of yard or (b) add to debt to put up another one considerably further in, cutting visual size of back yard by 6+ feet on one side of the chopped off triangle (what is that... not a trapezoid, as no two sides are parallel...) & losing a few kewl (but of course undertended) plants, like that rose bush that's starting to bloom already goddamn it before I got to pruning it back

back hurts

not the good kinda hurt

how ruth fairbanks used gardening to get through anything, i have yet to understand in the 1st person

of course for all i know none of that was true anyway, or perhaps it was true in some other way entirely


(just plucked an ant offa my neck)


* ~~~ less well-defined exhale ~~~ *

[identity profile] squirrelykat.livejournal.com 2005-04-18 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
bummer about the fence.
you will eventually learn to love yardwork and gardening!
just remember you can't cover it all in one weekend, not even
one summer! but at least you have a yard!

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2005-04-18 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
you will eventually learn to love yardwork and gardening!

You really think so?

[identity profile] squirrelykat.livejournal.com 2005-04-18 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, you will, once you think you've got it all under control!
planting, cleaning, trimming, breathing fresh air, getting your
hands dirty, smelling all the flowers, watching the progress of
blooms.

[identity profile] vjsmom.livejournal.com 2005-04-20 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
maybe. or not. It's definitely not for everyone.

[identity profile] fflo.livejournal.com 2005-04-20 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
you think i should, perhaps, uh, I DUNNO.... HIRE SOMEONE? hwahh hwahh hwahhhhh