Thursday – A Little Personal – Lawn Day

~ John W. Howell

Lucy and Twiggy

“I hear something, Lucy.”

“There is someone working next door.”

“Now, I hear something, Little One.”

“What is it?”

“Sounds like the gate opened. Let’s check it out.”

“Whoa, look at this equipment.”

“Whose stuff is that anyway?”

“I heard the boss was going to do his own lawn. Looks like he has the mower, trimmer, and blower out.”

“You think he can do it?”

“Oh yeah. He’s been mowing his own lawn for decades.”

“A decade is ten years, right? How many decades?”

“Hmmm. I think he started when he was ten years old.”

“Okay, we don’t have enough toes to count. Let’s just leave it at he has experience. What happened to the crew?”

“You know the boss. All type A and such. They didn’t do a good enough job.”

“Yeah, I can get that. Plus, they made me bark till I was hoarse. Let’s go play before he comes out.”

“I still hear something, Lucy.”

“Forget it. I’ll give you till three to haul butt to the side patio. Last one there is a cat.”

90 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Lawn Day”

  2. Not enough toes, huh? Poor girls. And poor you for having to do it yourself.

    So, last one there was a cat, huh? Who won?

    Thanks again for the Thursday smile. I look forward to it every week. Sending ear scratches for the girls.

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    1. I think it will. The crew we had were destroying the grass. They had something on thewheels of their mower which I suspect was gasoline that was killing the lawn. Don’t need that for sure.

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  7. Can always count on the pups to be right up in your business when you’re trying to keep things done, can’t you, John? My husband was trying to repair a pipe under the kitchen sink the other day and our Lab tried to crawl under with him. 😂 Love these fur kids….

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    1. You hit the nail on the head, Lori. If we get down on the floor for anything, Lucy and Twiggy assume we need a bath. I had that under the sink issue not to long ago too. Gotta love them though. Thanks.😊

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  16. “Last one there is a cat.” I guess if you’re a dog that’s hitting pretty low, LOL.
    I wonder if cats say “last one there is a dog.” 😀

    Thanks for the smiles, John, and good luck with the yard work!

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  17. This tells me the weather has moderated to the point where you can get outside and do a spot of work, right, John?! Love the girls’ discussion about it — and the incentive to win the foot race!!

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      1. Our mower has that rinsing port, too, but it never worked properly. And other than that: my equipment always gets dirty. Looks like I’m a messy person. 😉

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  19. Frankly, I think it’s good for you to do your own lawn 😉 Gives you a little exercise and you know it will be done the way you like it. My boys do a shitty job but I figure they’ll be gone soon enough and I will be one with the mower and must get a trimmer, too.
    Love the banter between the girls!

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  28. Not enough toes, huh, John? 🙂 Well, your lawn looks so nice. Ours and our neighbors’ yards were inundated with gophers this summer. I’ve never seen such relentless damage from gophers. 🙄

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  29. Have you named your lawn mower? My dad always named his — at least, I thought “infernal time-sucking machine” was its name. Be sure your machines know what kind of “Twiggy” they’re dealing with, lest she get blown away.

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  31. LOL! “Last one there is a cat!” I laughed out loud on that one!

    I know how you’re feeling. I had a housekeeping service after Baby Girl was born for two months and by the end, I was happy to be doing my own house cleaning again. She didn’t do a good enough job for me either.

    Now that I’m getting old I’m thinking it might be nice to hire a service once a year just to do the tough deep cleaning that requires extra elbow grease and a ladder, but we’ll see how much longer I can do it myself first.

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  34. I want to be a fly on the wall…oops the yard, when this happened. The lawn looks fabulous. We are facing the same dilemma. Hubby loves his rider mower and yard tools, yet the lawn service that does fertilizing and other stuff has become pretty bad. Did Twiggy and Lucy help at all? And I thought you were a bourbon guy, not gin. A gin and tonic in the summer is a treat. Best to you, John.

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    1. I was just the opposite. I did all the fertilizing and had a cut service. Had to get rid of them before they killed everything. They came in with what I thnk was gasoline on the wheels. Lucy and Twiggy were sent inside. They are too interested for their own safety. Gin, bourbon, tequila, and scotch are all in my wheelhouse. Thanks, Jennie.

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      1. Wise move to do it yourself! Gas on the wheels? It takes forever for grass to recover from that. My wheelhouse is boring, just white wine, but I do love a good G&T. You are far more adventurous. 😎

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        4. Oh, no!! When I commented ‘yup’, I just saw your fun emoji, not “Or I have a big problem”. My ‘yup’ was that you’re far more adventurous, NOT have a big problem. I am so sorry… I hope you laugh at this, John. Actually, it is funny. 😀

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