Honesty is the best...

(this was written yesterday and finished today...... it's long but I had to write it !!!)



... policy or so they say....

I have not been honest with you

not one bit

and it's no longer necessary

to LIE to you

each and every time I take a photo

I have been hiding a very

messy and tangled secret

Oh yes, I have mentioned it a time or two

given you blurry shots of it

let you imagine

that i was exaggerating a tad

but

I

wasn't.

Here is what the back of our house looked like

a tangled

overgrown

reclaimed by Nature

sort of thing

scary just how fast She took it back

I can tell you!!!!

But in all the tangled mess

and

overgrown abundance there was kind of

a wild and free feeling

......

that kept strangers and loose dogs

from wandering in

and having their way back there

The only creature brave enough

was a neighbours cat

who played

I'm a hunter in the Amazon

watch me hunt

but no one else dared to venture in

for fear of getting lost

or at the very least

devoured by the bugs and ickies in there.

BUT

this morning Husband donned his long socks

put his shoes on

and with weapons at hand

or rather in pockets

he took a deep breath

and said

I'm going in

and off he went.

Now this is a man who goes prepared

knowing what can happen out there with the wild things.

and after a while

I went out and offered to help

but he said

no this is a job for super he-man

you must use tools to get these giants out

........

as I pulled two or three

with my bare hands

Look I said

I have super huMAN strength

I will help clear the prairie

along side you husband....

and promptly got distracted

by these

magnolia seeds

copper leaves

wild sunflowers

pretty purple posies...

things that make you sneeezeeee

...

then the critters starting climbing up my legs

......

you should get yourself some big baggy pants

he said

and wrap string around the bottoms

and wear socks and shoes

out here in the wilderness

I don't do pants..... big  baggy or otherwise

or socks

I wouldn't have made much of a Pioneer Wife either

I will admit it

openly and freely

I am a

WIMP.

I was sent inside to do what I do best

make coffee and sandwiches

to keep the

resident clearer of the land

fortified

then the mail lady came with a box

the gas can was here

so long story short

he filled the mower

with all the things it needed

and there were

3

to keep it lubricated he said

so it had the strength to get through

the tundra

Zooom it went

chug chug chug

and off we go

and I can't tell you

although it was a couple of hours or a bit more

and it was hard on him

and he had a great fear of being

attacked by all kinds of creatures

out there in the long grass

he did it

we have our garden back

the way it should be
almost

it is not perfect

it is not even pretty

with all the dead and dying "grasses"

but it is cut

and HE did it

and he will do it again

not because I say so

but because he likes things

just so

and when it is

 just so

it will be winter and then spring

and then we will

do it all over ag-in.

Now a little side note....

none of the neighbours have kept their lawns in tip top shape this year either

we have been a very messsy unkempt bunch this year

the baby boomers are rebelling!!!!

Only Mr Persnickety across the road has been neat and tidy

but that is because he has a riding mower and very small children

and a smaller  yard....

so he doesn't count.

and now that ours is done

THEIRS look really bad!!!

Ain't that a HOOT!!!!

Yeah for the man with the rockets in his pockets!!!!!

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