April 20, 2010

  • No Rain So The Beast Gets Busy


    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    We haven't had any rain here for about a week now so the Beast got worried for the trees.  He got his butt outside to check the hoses around the house (we have one for the front, one on the south side of the house and one at the back).  The one on the side of the house had split for some reason (probably because the Beast forgot to drain it for winter) so he ran up to Lowe's for a hose repair kit.  He's got 2-100 ft. hoses together on that side because he needs to reach the trees on our lot and some of them are clear at the other side. 

    I told you we have over 30 fruit trees, right?  Yep.  Three or four different kinds of apples plus a crab apple for fertilization, five different cherry trees (but a couple have more than one tree of that type), three pear trees, three plum trees, two nectarines, perhaps 10 peach trees and god only knows what else!  I stood counting them from the deck one day and then counted the ones here in the back and out front that couldn't be seen from there.  He's removed one or two that died off early on but has replaced them so I have no idea what they might be.  I am assuming he got whatever it was that died but I could be wrong.  I do know that everything seems to have bloomed this year so that's a good thing. 

    The weather has been too cool for the Beast to go reinspect Skyline (the first hunting reserve he visited) now that he has the ATV but things are warming up again so there's still hope for the next day or two. 

    His aunt, AM, called today as the movers were packing up her house in Port Charlotte since the sale closed this afternoon.  The Beast said he was going up there once they are settled because she has a set of dishes for me.  They were offered to me a while back and I told her I would love them (with all the accessories to go with it).  I figure they will go on my bamboo etagere since it's a set I would use for having company, more than likely for Thanksgiving because it's more autumn colors on it.  It's actually a mushroom pattern and you probably have seen it some time over the years.

    Well, time to get this posted.  Love you all and I hope you have nice weather and a great day.  If not, smile anyway and confuse the hell out of those around you.