This is a bit of a companion piece to my last post. My mom has always been tough as nails and strong as hell, but sometimes a big mook is called for to perform a task. I spent a few hours the last couple of days spreading mulch around her gardens and putting lanscaping pebbles in certain areas that aren't conducive to plant growth. It's been a couple of days humping big bags of landscaping materiel around. I also took some time to chop out some superficial roots around a tree stump with a mattock. The mattock is a precision instrument, requiring a subtle hand. I've never tried to perform an appendectomy with a mattock, but I think I could handle it if I had a copy of Grey's Anatomy on hand to guide me.
Yeah, I've been happily playing momma's mook these past days... doesn't every parent need a strong-backed lummox once in a while?
I also took some time to chop out some superficial roots around a tree stump with a mattock.
ReplyDeleteI've got a scar on my knee from attacking a stump in the backyard that my mom always hated. Dull hatchet: not a the preferred method.
It was a huge oak tree stump that is finally gone...hatchets and axes and woodpeckers and grubs, etc. did the job over the years.
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Strong-backed lummox: Number ten ox
ReplyDeleteI got Vacuumslayer's capcha: preglee
Bloogalooer is still unwell
You need mikey for stumps.
ReplyDeleteA dull blade & the proverbial "unloaded" gun are the most dangerous of non-human tools.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes wonder if mikey doesn't have stumps.
Grizzled is awesome with a mattock. I'd hobble myself.
ReplyDeleteYou need mikey for stumps.
ReplyDeleteExplosives are your friend!
a strong-backed lummox
A veritable beast of bourbon.
"I got Vacuumslayer's capcha: preglee"
ReplyDeleteThat's a giggle-inducing word.
[i]I'd hobble myself.[/i]
ReplyDeleteMyself, I would not expect Jennifer to be so supportive of the patriarchy.
Mommas aren't the only ones who need a strong-backed lummox once in a while. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteYou need mikey for stumps.
ReplyDeleteMikey stumps me all the time.
wish I had a lummox.
ReplyDeleteDull hatchet: not a the preferred method.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's pretty important to sharpen one's tools- dull blades tend, like Bumbles, to bounce.
A veritable beast of bourbon.
That I am!
Mommas aren't the only ones who need a strong-backed lummox once in a while. Just sayin'.
Helping Butch Pansy
wish I had a lummox.
It's good on a bagel.