Just notes to myself that:
1) I should pay more attention to the flying critters when mowing the grass. Seems I mowed not once, but twice over the yellow jacket hole before they decided that was enough! They got caught in my hat and in my hair; five stings later - a mower on speed six across the field, benadryl and ice are nice! :)
2) the mower's steering is shot, it doesn't turn left -yeah, that's right, mowing 3 acres with only a right turn takes a certain level of insanity and creative driving.
3) I should have stayed on the porch drinking my coffee and reading the paper instead of mowing, getting stuck, and then pickup the front of the mower to move it off of the root I hit - I am not 23 anymore, and now I have yellow jacket stings and ice on my lower back.
Ahhhh, the age and wisdom combination seem more elusive than ever.
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Hey Becca, I wasn't sure how else to get a hold of you guys. Just wanted you to know I'd be using my fantasy piece as my week 5 assignment. I will be expanding it this week. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSo - you may be a NASCAR driver in training...as they only have one turning direction required... And I'm sure a NASCAR track on your 3 acres has the potential to generate some income in your neck of the woods.
ReplyDeleteBecca:
ReplyDeleteSo few people think of mowing the lawn as a dangerous activity, but you seem to have made it quite an adventure. I, too, have had some close calls, like the day the lawn tractor got stuck sideways on the hill in a deep drift of leaves and started a huge fire. Then there was the time that I was mowing a steep side hill and turned too sharply. The tractor rolled completely over me. The shut-off that is supposed to work when you leave the seat malfunctioned, and the blades kept turning. The tractor rolled completely and drove off buy itself, still cutting grass. Maybe being a NASCAR driver would be a safer occupation!
Becca - What piece are you using for your week 5 revisions? I have not been able to find a message from you specifying, and din;t know where to concentrate my comments.
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david-
ReplyDeleteI just posted on your blog that I think it will be the poem about my father - it was a beginning and an end, unlike the rest of what I have written.
As for your lawnmowing expeditions - yikes! You are one lucky son of a gun - one my favorite musicians, Doc Watson, lost his son to a rollover tractor on a hill. Fortunately, our land is flat a pancake!
Becca