IT'S JUST ME!

HERE I AM, ALL ON MY OWN, KEEPING YOU IN TOUCH WITH MY BUSY LIFE

Monday, March 7, 2016

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROL

SISTERS ARE FOR SHARING EXPERIENCES WITH.


SOME LOTS OF FUN,

AND SOME LOTS OF WORK.

I HAD TO ADD THIS PHOTO
AND IT NEEDS A BIT OF EXPLANATION.
BACK IN EARLY 1965, CAROL AND I WOULD SPEND SUNDAYS TOGETHER WHILE OUR HUSBANDS WERE AT WORK.  I'M SURE THIS TASK WAS HER IDEA AS I'VE NEVER BEEN MUCH INTO GARDENING. HER IN THE BROWN, ME IN THE GREEN, DUG UP OUR FRONT YARD IN PREPARATION FOR IT'S FIRST LAWN.  I CAN STILL REMEMBER HER TELLING ME THAT THIS HAD TO BE DONE OR WE WOULD END UP WITH A LOT OF WEEDS IN THE NEW LAWN.  SHE WAS RIGHT, THAT LAWN WAS PRETTY MUCH WEED FREE.  I'M NOT SO SURE I COULD HAVE BEEN SHOVEL FOR SHOVEL WITH DARYL THIS PAST MONTH, BUT BET IF HE WOULD HAVE ASKED CAROL, SHE MIGHT HAVE OUT DUG HIM.  
WISHING YOU MANY MORE YEARS OF
DIGGING IN THE DIRT.
HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!!!


2 comments:

  1. Love the last picture. Front lawn then and now!!

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  2. I think you are right about my mom out-digging us all!

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