Bruiser

I finally got around to posting. I haven’t been much into blogging lately, but I was never one to do it on a daily basis. So anyway, I decided to do a little yard work this weekend. Well, it took me the better part of all 3 days to get it all done. And thanks to my son-in-law, it was a LOT easier than it would have been otherwise. Not only was he there to help, but he kept me motivated and provided me with the means to effortlessly pull some old bushes and a place to dispose of them. Thanks Andy. You da man. So back to the story. I’ve been talking about pulling out eight bushes that have been in front of my house since I moved in in 1987. I finally had enough of the stupid things and yanked them this weekend. What a job that was! It started on Saturday with my friend Don coming over to “play” which resulted in a broken rear axle on his Jeep. Fortunately, he’s a really good natured guy who loves to fix things…almost as much as he likes destroying them.

I didn’t think about taking some “before” pictures, but I’ve got some “during” pictures and I’ll have some more after we’ve done all the planting. Here’s the during:

After that, we decided to trim the big pine tree in the back yard so we could gain a little space. A considerably smaller job, but we completely filled the bed of my truck with the branches and had to use plenty of tie-downs to haul them away. I don’t have a before, but here’s the after. We trimmed it up to about 6 or 7 feet off the ground. It really opened up the yard.

And that’s how I spent my weekend. Tuesday I spent 16 hours inside the house painting. Blah! I hate painting!

Peace