On the Fence
I'll be heading out in a little bit to attend a friend's end of summer BBQ. Haven't seen the friend in a while. Glad to be invited.
A little bit ago, I mowed the lawn. As I was just getting started, I noticed my neighbor with a camera in his backyard. Then I noticed a while string that ran the length of his property. He started moving his mouth (The lawn mower was loud and I had headphones in, mp3 player blasting). I shut off the lawn mower and took out my headphones. He explained that he was considering putting a fence up, which would segregate our backyards. His purpose for the fence was not to separate us (or make him more like Wilson from Home Improvement). Rather, he is getting old and has cancer and is attempting to make his yard care easier.
You see, I have three GINORMOUS (to borrow a hip-high-school-age-kid's word) pine trees in my backyard and they shed pine needles like mad in the fall. My neighbor always cleans them up out of his backyard in the spring so that his grass will grow. He hopes that a fence will prevent a good portion of the needles from escaping into his yard. (I don't think a fence will work. The trees are ginormous, as I said, and the fence isn't going to be tall enough... unless it's a 200 foot fence).
I talked with my neighbor for a while about the fence and he isn't exactly sure he will put one up. Later, I decided that he is on the fence about putting up a fence and I laughed at myself. Then I stopped laughing and finished mowing the lawn.
While mowing the lawn, and listening to the MP3's on my cell phone, I realized something: I have a really great taste in music. Each song that played (randomly) was excellent.
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At Lena's this past Thursday, I played Rainy Day and Walls by Tom Petty. Jeffrey T (songwriter) filmed me and put Rainy Day up on YouTube. Here it is:
Here is the video he took the week before:
A little bit ago, I mowed the lawn. As I was just getting started, I noticed my neighbor with a camera in his backyard. Then I noticed a while string that ran the length of his property. He started moving his mouth (The lawn mower was loud and I had headphones in, mp3 player blasting). I shut off the lawn mower and took out my headphones. He explained that he was considering putting a fence up, which would segregate our backyards. His purpose for the fence was not to separate us (or make him more like Wilson from Home Improvement). Rather, he is getting old and has cancer and is attempting to make his yard care easier.
You see, I have three GINORMOUS (to borrow a hip-high-school-age-kid's word) pine trees in my backyard and they shed pine needles like mad in the fall. My neighbor always cleans them up out of his backyard in the spring so that his grass will grow. He hopes that a fence will prevent a good portion of the needles from escaping into his yard. (I don't think a fence will work. The trees are ginormous, as I said, and the fence isn't going to be tall enough... unless it's a 200 foot fence).
I talked with my neighbor for a while about the fence and he isn't exactly sure he will put one up. Later, I decided that he is on the fence about putting up a fence and I laughed at myself. Then I stopped laughing and finished mowing the lawn.
While mowing the lawn, and listening to the MP3's on my cell phone, I realized something: I have a really great taste in music. Each song that played (randomly) was excellent.
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At Lena's this past Thursday, I played Rainy Day and Walls by Tom Petty. Jeffrey T (songwriter) filmed me and put Rainy Day up on YouTube. Here it is:
Here is the video he took the week before: