Yep, I decided to "un-retire" my own set of loppers and have at my unruly hedges and such. I started by the front steps where I have a pair of bushes that have these red berries on them at a certain time of year (cannot remember when they show up for the life of me...think the Fall) and they are really nice and shiny..sort of balsam looking, but not a fir. So I trimmed them up nicely and they look much better...I think I forgot them last Summer (oops).
Then, I went out by the road and did that damn juniper that is just RUDELY unruly...I hate it! And it is "picky"...like thorns but not really, ya know. Trimmed the heck out of that sucker! Then the jack pine in the same patch of garden out there by the road.
When those were done, I dead headed one of my lilac bushes...the other two are in bloom now, so they have to wait.
Finally, I got looking at my oak tree in the front yard...a couple of branches were too low and I was always hitting them as I mowed, so down they came. My 6 foot 3 neighbor loves it when I do this cause he always wants to help, so I let him get the ones I couldn't react....then we just decided to take down a whole limb...and I mean a BIG one! Sawed it right off....of course Kyle was not amused as he had to lug it all down back for me! HA!! Finally, I look up and see this totally dead limb, but I will have to climb to get it....so I did. Climbed the tree...sawed it down, and climbed back down....I have not climbed a tree since I was a kid...It was great!!!!!!!!!!!!
WELL, don't cha know, the flowering crab was dropping its dead flowers all over my Rav, so I cut some of those limbs too as they were REALLY in the way of my lawn mowing!
Then, I mowed the lawn...with NO trees or picky thorny bushes impeding me as I went. I love my loppers! It is the absolute funnest thing to do...just cut cut cut! Let me know if you need anymore done in Sedgwick by the Sea! ; )
The boy turns 15 in a few short hours...gulp! I have yet to wrap his gifts, but found a couple of gift bags so that was good....just gonna put a bow on the skate board deck anyhow. And it is a cheese cake he wants for his cake, so I need to pick one up....I do not own a spring form pan and
I have never made a cheese cake...though I would like to someday. So, I will be up early before he is, to go get that...oops, and a card. :-o I hope he has a good day anyhow. He didn't want to really do anything special so, maybe the movies or something with his pal Sheb. We'll see....
Oh...and I am with you Gretch....going through Paris withdrawals here...where IS that girl???
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Happy birthday to Kyle..actually have his gift not wrapped of course. Man you and Don and Mr. Monn cutting down things you guys are a wrecking crew. Mom asked Don not to cut the rhubarb before she got some because he is on such a tear with the loppers and such.
Loppers... I love that word "loppers." ;) Stay tuned for a Paris update. bwhah, ha, ha, ha, ha....
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