Spring Discovery

Yesterday was a long-awaited beautiful warm sunny day.  I got out in the side yard and, after pausing to clean up a winter's worth of dog crap, chased line drives launched from 7yr old Ramon's whiffle bat.

Seeing me wield a shovel for the crap cleanup inspired Ramon to say, "you know dad it's been a long time since I dug a hole."  I knew he was speaking literally, so I handed him the shovel and told him not to dig one in the yard but pointed him to the edge of woods.

A few minutes later he returned and said he buried a treasure and wanted to show me, so I ventured to the edge of the property and surveyed his work.  The spot of his treasure was neatly marked with a pair of crossed sticks, but right next to his treasure hole was something that, in my borderline pathetic handyman scavenger way, got me even more excited: an old pile of stones!

It appears that one of the neighbors dumped an excess of small stones at the edge of the woods.  This pile was disappearing under the leaves and new growth that cover all things eventually unless they're discovered by backyard archaeologists.

I was excited because the driveway was in need of some spring maintenance.  I was planning on picking up a load of stones from the gravel pit so that I could fill the deep ruts that threatened to swallow beemer, but this small pile was more than I needed.

I grabbed the wheel barrow and stole the shovel back from Ramon and started in on the first bit of outdoor yard work of the season, and for no cost to my wallet or fatigue to my truck, I threw down a row of stones that will get 'this old driveway' through another mud season.

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Comments

[Jennifer]

Can't beat that! Free, recycled, and just perfect for your house!