In today’s article we will see how one person try’s to do what’s right, while everyone else does not. Of course, I am talking about myself. This past Friday I began the tortures work of the grounds keeper. As you may suspect, our grounds keeper is on vacation again. Possibly, if we paid him, we could require him to stay at work and take care of the Ford Homestead property.
Possibly this fine article should have been titled, “Setting a good example”!
As I stated earlier, on Friday I took on the role of acting grounds keeper. I started at 6:30am, (which may have not made the neighbors happy, but it was cooler, if you call mid 80s cooler), mowing and weed eating the ditch behind the Homestead.
In the town of Hewitt, so called city officials charge a fee of each household (even those houses that are not close to a drainage ditch) to keep the drainage ditches cleared so they drain properly. These ditches are owned by the homeowners, the city has a drainage easement. As you will see in the following two photos, the results of the tortuous work I had to perform this past Friday, and the lack of activity by the city and or homeowners, at keeping the drainage properly clear.
Above looking north, below looking south. Click to enlarge.
As one should be able to see, I do outstanding work at keeping the ditch cleaned. In all truth, I only cut and clear it once a month, but it never looks like the neighbor’s property!
You are right, I do nice work, and set a good example!
Do your work properly, even when others do not!
Don Ford
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