on a break from the yard
Apr. 17th, 2005 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fflo* ~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 ~~~ *
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 ~~~ *
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Date: Apr. 18th, 2005 03:51 pm (UTC)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!
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Date: Apr. 18th, 2005 04:00 pm (UTC)You really think so?
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Date: Apr. 18th, 2005 04:32 pm (UTC)planting, cleaning, trimming, breathing fresh air, getting your
hands dirty, smelling all the flowers, watching the progress of
blooms.
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Date: Apr. 20th, 2005 12:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Apr. 20th, 2005 12:47 am (UTC)