Home Improvement

May as well be at Alcatraz

7. July 2010

I’ve been working at The Rock, conveniently located in my front yard. When the world was new all this was lovely. The rocks were clean -which makes a huge difference!- the plants young and vibrant… and of course there was a damn sight more of both. The plants… well, some were stepped on enough by [...]

We have achieved gate

30. September 2009

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I’m giddy.

Mr. C’s wild ride

29. September 2009

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Mr. C boasts the brawn and I control the money, so when a job arises that requires filthy lucre we drive off to wherever I must spread the stuff. Asked if it was fun to spend other peoples money, he said ‘not really’. I would think the opposite, but some people just aren’t much for [...]

You know the drill…

26. August 2009

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Mr C showed up at my door this morning holding a strange looking fruit, ostensibly wanting to show me what it looked like because he’d planted one of the trees right outside my kitchen window. Oh, and there are suddenly, miraculously, two new pineapple plants in the ‘garden’ area. Must be dirt elves. Of course, [...]

More of the same.

21. August 2009

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I thought perhaps there would be some painting done today, but that’s what I get for assuming anything with Mr. C. He brought more plants in… and finished out this line. Then he put mulch around them. Then he planted 5 more fruit trees of some sort. I’ve really no idea what they are; he [...]

Likes to pour

19. August 2009

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Peter wondered about the dogs. Had they been eaten by the poisonous plumeria? Had I traded them in on trained gators with frickin’ laser beams strapped to their heads? Neither, actually. But I like the idea of gators. Bet Mr. C could build me a moat. Speaking of… this is partially about him. He spent [...]

Cane

28. July 2009

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No, really. Sugar cane. He planted patches of sugar cane in the area of the yard that they neglected to mow, which seems to be okay, because he told me that ‘we’re’ going to put mulch down on this area and make it a garden. …and here he is. When I tried to take a [...]