"Bampa!!" there are loads of weeds in your garden. Nanna Sue is working wonders restoring your border, surrounding your magnolia tree. Good job you cut the lawn this morning."
Thank you ladies ~ you are so kind, and I think Rosa may well become green fingered, just like her Nanna and Mummy,
As for me, I am a little side tracked of late, with a big project I am designing and building ~ a pentagonal tree bench, which will fit round a 200 year old tree, situated in a beautiful garden Sue and I look after on Wednesdays.
On going work continues and it is all coming together, albeit rather slowly, as the project evolves.
Good, it fits around the tree ok . . . so I can take it back home to finish it . . .
. . . and here is my other helper, Peter, who loves to get involved with woodwork projects.
It should look good in the grounds and it will be somewhere for us to sit to have our coffee.
I built some steps for it and not long ago this whole site at that end of the garden was a compost heap and the tree was covered with climbing Ivy and it was a bit of an eye sore.
I'll keep you posted about the progress, and the way I built it all.
Meanwhile I am afraid I am neglecting weeding in my own garden ~ I must balance out my time better, so I fully accept rapped knuckles now and then.
Hey, if a rapping comes
ReplyDeleteYou can beat the same drums
Your knuckles now hurt
So weeding you can still skirt
Could be a win win
Until pain sets in
Throw in some seeds
Maybe the birds will yank the weeds
Of course then you may get bird umm spit
You know what rhymes with it
The helper is probably the better way
Or let the weeds stay
They want to grow too
Could dye them blue
Or yellow if you really have to go
That popped out, you know
Can ponder as you sit on your bench
Which hopefully avoids any monkey wrench
Can't beat brand spankin new
As it is built by you
Plus some shade from a tree
Now I'm done with my spree
Golly that was some big speech
DeleteWhat a rhyme, it was quite a peach.
I'll take on board all your advice
And deal with the weeds like an iron vice.
With Sue we getting some gals and guys
To barter jobs and give us all a prize
We will use each others strengths
To do work for each other and as a recompense
They will do things which we cannot do
And that way none of us gets blue.
I will be doing maintenance work
And they will do work which I always shirk.
So the weeds will be dealt with as you'll see by looking
And a lovely lady will be helping me with my cooking . . . . lol
So I will get that tree bench built and fitted
And when it's finished on it I'll be sitting . . . . lol
Hi Eddie - loved seeing these happy photos ... and the ongoing projects that you all work on - well done and excellent to see ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteThanks Hilary . . . . hope the weather gets better and then I can get cracking . . :)
DeleteRosa is a dollie💓
ReplyDeleteGet crackin' on that bench....Geesh!
Cheers!
Linda :o)
Yes, you are right, she is such a gift and is quite a funny girl too . . :)
DeleteYes, I will get on with the bench . . . . come over when it's finished for the opening ceremony . . lol
Eddie....
ReplyDeleteYour projects look amazing.
AND those precious Grands ARE amazing!!
They have grown so much. It is always wonderful to see photos of them.
Smiles from across the pond...
J.
Thanks Jackie . . . I have started other progects in tandem with the tree bench. A bird table and a pergola in the beautiful garden. We shall plant a clematis and honey suckle and it will span some steps I built last year.
DeleteYes, I am so blessed with the grands . . . and they are coming along very quickly. I'll be posting a funny thing Peter said the other day . . . :)
Smiles back to you across the pond . . . :) E
That's a beautiful spot you're working on, may it progress well
ReplyDeleteThanks V. It is so good to work there on a Wednesday . . . :)
DeleteWhat... you've got truckloads of...weed? Lol I couldn't help myself. Great project to be working on, too. Always knew you were creative.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend, Eddie!
Blue
Thanks Blue . . . my poem to Pat the Hatt outlines my plan for dealing with weeding and boring household jobs . . . lol
DeleteYes. I love woodwork projects but always seem to choose very difficult ones . . . :)
You like a challenge!
DeleteYes, next project is a garden bench . . . :)
DeleteHi Eddie, yes our St Patrick's day was quite lovely. We enjoyed our traditional dinner if corned beef and cabbage. Your garden bench looks lovely. Love the idea of a bench surrounding a tree. It's time to do some gardening, since the weather is getting warmer.
ReplyDeleteYes . . . better weather coming which means it will be a pleasure to be outside but right now a cold wind is howling . . . I envy your weather . . I am working on several projects as well as the bench ~ a pergola and a bird fee table . . . keeps me out of trouble . . . :)
DeleteI love woodwork projects but always seem to choose very difficult ones . . . :)
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Well, this is a difficult one too . . . :)
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