I Love Digging Holes

I love shovels. I love getting dirty. Someone’s gonna think I’m digging a grave over here.

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You Just Have to Hold Your Hand a Little Differently

Yes, I know you’re dying to hear how the barbeque grill turned out. It’s beautiful! Okay, there is the little matter of the one handle that is slightly off kilter…but other than that, it’s wonderful. There’s probably some trick to drilling holes in a round thing so that it attaches straight to something level, but [...]

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Rub a Little Linseed Oil on It

Facebook just got too crowded and loud. I’m taking a little break from all those voices and all those faces and all those one-liners. I keep telling Deb (who has so far adamantly avoided it) that Facebook is like being at a party at which you sort of drift from group to group and briefly [...]

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Who Wants My Old Drill?

Because Deb’s playing in a Big Golf Tournament,  I met Mary for pizza last night and then went to meet Sam, the new puppy. Murphy went with me. It was a gorgeous but very cool night, and it felt really really good to be at Mary’s house. Lots of land, mature trees (I’ve got to [...]

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What’s the Point of Gardening, After All?

I’ve been shaping up the gardens these past couple of days. I mean, I have hauled load after load of dead leaves and perennials out to the woods…I pile them all up on that big plastic tarp and use it as a sled. But there are some plants that refuse to cooperate with the clippers…no [...]

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Magic Was Performed

The 2008 wreath making is complete. Mary’s wreath is gorgeous, and she did it all herself…it’s wide and wild and full of color…it looks as if it’s reaching for something; it looks like the North Wind on its mad way.
Yes, I refer to Mary of the-now-renamed Row Your Boat, Maryly blog.
I had absolutely nothing [...]

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