My wife (Mimi) loves to use the chain-saw-on-a-stick, I call "The
Beast", which she received for a Christmas present. Its must be the
challenge to reshape nature or the raw power of rotating teeth cutting into
virgin wood.
Mimi anxious to use "The Beast" called our daughter
(Maureen) offering to help her weed the garden and put some mulch down. Maureen
happily accepted and Mimi packed up a few essential items in the car including
"The Beast" for the short drive to our daughters.
I would happily describe Mimi as an enthusiastic doer taking on
many challenges with confidence. Sometimes she tackles projects that are beyond
her experience and I am called to bail her out. Such was the case that day when
she texted me a picture saying, "Can you bring over the big chain saw and
hand saw. The chain saw is stuck in a weed." I thought we went over this
earlier (Reference post "Chain-Saw-on-a-Stick......Of Course"). Chain
saws are for wood not weeds and how can a chain saw get stuck in a weed? The
photo she sent showed a picture of "The Beast" stuck in what looked
to me like a tree. So now the question is what is the difference in a weed and
a tree?
No worries, I drove over to cut "The Beast" out of the
tree weed then stayed to help finish up the yard. It turned out well, no one
injured and the yard looked great.
End of story, right? No. I've been noticing every week when I take
out the lawn waste there are tree branches in the trashcan.
So already knowing the answer I asked, "Where did the
branches come from?"
Mimi said, "Just timing a few things up for the party."
"Are you making a Festivas Pole" I asked.
"No, of course not."
I fully expect to someday leave the house and see the 15-foot tree
in our yard carved in the shape of an asparagus.
Always enjoying life, Happy Festivas!
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