Gearing up for intense summer
yardwork, I get ahead of the power curve by making a muscular list. You should've seen the list I got for
spring! (My wife Kay loves to use 'em.) June is just around the corner – aaagh!! Neighbors are already in high gear.
(Some items on this list are out of order … out of
control, actually.)
Eat two breakfasts plus three meals
per day while reading; visit with Kay.
Drink gallons of water and lemonade.
Mow.
Water.
"Weed & feed" (Kay's
favorite app.) – memorize instructions.
Poison worst surviving weeds one at a
time – not the gardens.
Spread fertilizer without weed killer,
in a poncho during light rainfall.
Inspect lawns for weeds; compare with
neighbors' perfect, green lawns.
Dig and pull weeds; (I learned that
includes grass where you don’t want it.)
Bike one-half mile or more (in cool
fitness center) ($5 DI exercycle) after siesta.
Plan summer retreat from yardwork,
hoping automatic sprinklers work and lawns survive weeds and scorching sun.
(See Genesis 3:17-19; thorns afflict
our home – thistles invade the ranch.)
Remember: An ounce of ... no, make it a hundred pounds of prevention is worth 1,600 pounds of cure (if I converted correctly for this,
not troy for gold and silver, which I may need a lot of.)
And that is only the beginning; (personal prayer, scripture reading, meetings,
weeding for widows & ward garden, and various service projects are all on
my muscular-Christian list – seriously.)
I could go on and on, but the yards
are begging for attention now till the day I'm free from it all.
“Sunrise, sunset” – may the days of
yardwork “swiftly flow”, and may the “seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers “,
not weeds!
(Quotes from “Fiddler on the Roof” Cast Lyrics)
(Quotes from “Fiddler on the Roof” Cast Lyrics)
