I know my last post was kinda whiny, so I thought I'd share a funny story from this spring...if it had been on video, I'd be on YouTube or something!
At some point during the ice storms and couple wind storms we had over the winter, a small tree fell in the "woods" behind my parents house in K-Port and landed across a good chunk of the back lawn. As I was charged this year with lawn preparation & maintenance before my parents return, this created a wee bit of a problem by impeding my lawn mowing ability.
So like the hearty, independent country girl I am (snicker), I set out to take care of it all by myself. I knew a chainsaw was out of the question (I like my limbs attached, thank you very much.) So I was torn between a saw and an ax. Hmmmm. Both did come with the significant potential for self injury. I decided upon the ax.
Oh, what entertainment followed. Let's just say a woodchuck would have been much more efficient! I missed a lot more than I made contact and at one point was resting the handle on my thigh just making small movements with the ax head so I could guarantee actual contact with the tree. I was able to successfully remove two small limbs, but alas the tree did not wish to be removed.
I am so grateful that this happened on the back lawn so that this excellent exhibition of my ability to "do-it-myself" was not on display for all of the nosy neighbors (who had already accosted me while I was mowing the front lawn to grill me with 20 questions) and the former lawn guy to see. Needless to say, the tree was still there when my parents returned from Florida last Sunday!
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