On a fall morning rain disappeared for a few hours and I went to work on my friends’ yard. <\/p>\n
I dug up a pear tree and replanted it. <\/p>\n
I dug up a pear tree and replanted it.<\/p>\n
I dug up a rhododendron and replanted it. <\/p>\n
I transplanted oregano into three pots. <\/p>\n
I planted a hydrangea.<\/p>\n
I pruned a Harry Lauder tree.<\/p>\n
I moved a bird bath. <\/p>\n
I winterized the garden plot. <\/p>\n
The work concluded and the work felt good. <\/p>\n
For services rendered, I bartered for two excellent pieces of beaverwood from my friend’s collection. <\/p>\n
My final act of yard work was to throw my muddy tennis shoes into the garbage. They were finally dead. I’d done just about everything in them the last 25 years: beach comb, teach, cook, rocked out. I damn near shed a tear for my beloved green Pumas. They were a special pair of shoes. <\/p>\n
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