Workin’ in the yard on a quiet Sunday morning....I don’t get a lot done but, on the assumption that something is better than nothing, I keep wand’ring outside pulling a weed here ‘n there, picking up pieces of dropped limbs, flotsam ‘n jetsam of an overgrown use’ta be lawn...yard..
green space...one fine day a few months ago I looked outside ‘n saw a young lady not of my acquaintance come into my driveway ‘n stride confidently toward the back forty of our humble abode.....I stepped outside ‘n asked her if I could be of any assistance at which point she informed me that she was looking for an entrance onto the adjoining phone company property.....I told her it was fenced ‘n she couldn’t get through, but if she went back to the street ‘n around the corner, she’d find an entrance....She asked me if that was a ‘woods’ at the rear of our property ‘n I assured her that it was indeed a woods ‘n a haven for all sorts of wild critters....I got one of those odd glances that I get from people now ‘n then ‘n she wished me a good day ‘n left.....I tell ya, you just never can tell about people....if she had stayed a moment, I would have told her about the ogres ‘n trolls ‘n the wicked witch but in this day ‘n age, the old tales have lost their magic.....
I don’t work too hard these days but I make up for it by not working too long at a time....I took a little break ‘n used the scissors on Willie.....I tried the clippers but he has so many clumps that they just don’t work...Roger the barber who has the shop around the corner told me I was doing a pretty good job on him but I didn’t believe him....on the other hand, when I told him that the dog groomers charged forty bucks to clip a little dog, I c’d see that he tho’t maybe he wasn’t getting enough money for a cutting mens hair.....
If I let Rusty outside while I’m working in the yard, he just sleeps in the sun...Willie is another story entirely..
I can’t work while he’s outside ‘cause I can’t keep track of him ‘n get anything done.....he wants to chase chickens ‘n squirrels or just wander around sniffing at weeds ‘n if I turn my back for a moment, he’s off downtown checking out the park or the coffeeshop.....n’y rate, I brought him inside so’s I c’d go back to work then I decided I needed a bottle of water...after that, I tho’t I’d check FB ‘n see what was happening....’n then I tho’t why not update my blog so that’s what I’m doing....so there you have it.....in the meantime, Millyrose is off to the Folsom Street Fair ‘n I got to git back to the yard....
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