It is an appalling thought, that in this day and age of enlightenment, a retired senior citizen, on a fixed income, is forced to work on their hands and knees in the extreme heat, moving 50 pound landscaping stones. This includes digging out dirt and filling in low spots and attempting to work around roots.
In fact, the reason this mandatory work was forced on a senior was because of roots that have lifted some of the landscaping stones.
You are correct, if you are assuming that I, “Mr. Ford”, am the subject if this opening comment.
Above we see a before photo of the project at hand. Each of those stones weigh about 50 pounds and there were about 30 stones (50 X 30 = 1500pounds). For those of you who went to school in the, “olden days”, that is about ¾ ton of landscaping stones, that one, “superbly physically fit person” moved at least two times. Some were positioned and repositioned 3 times due to a miscalculation.
Below we see the completed project, a testimonial to the forced labor of, “Mr. Ford”.
After I crawled around on the ground and positioned or repositioned these stones several times crushing the grass around the tree, I had to water it thoroughly in hopes of not losing this grass.
What was my present spouse and my grandkids doing in the extreme heat? They were enjoying the pool.
In an effort to provide full disclosure, I did take a 1 hour break (2:00 to 3:00pm) sitting in the shade of the tree, while granny and the grandkids splashed in the cool water. I was so hot and sweaty that I would have probably polluted the pool water if I had climbed in.
Our prognosticators have predicted the possibility of rain the last two days and the next 3 days. We have received 0 inches. This has caused me to water the grass, and for a person on a fixed income it is very costly.
Below is a photo of our elaborate sprinkler system in operation. I am hoping that some of you are critiquing the photo below as the composition is not up to my usual high standards.
Cat food will be served at the “Ford Homestead”, and I mean the cheap stuff. If you would like to donate, send your taxable donations to, “The Fords of Hewitt, Cat Food Fund”.
Truthfully, we will be serving cat food and that is not an exaggeration. This has been an ongoing situation at, “The Ford Homestead” for many months now.
Molly eats the cat food but has never indicated that she really enjoys it.
What, you thought, “we” were eating the cat food! Yes we are on a fixed income, and yes we may enjoy road kill occasionally, but not cat food. We are poor but not broke.
May the warm summer rain wash the dust from your car.
Don Ford
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