I had to go over and mow my dad's lawn this morning. It's our weekly to bi-weekly ritual now that he can't do it all himself. I been doing all the push mowing and weed eating for the last several years for him but he insists on still doing the riding mower part. It took him a long while before he would admit I had to do the other parts so I am not pressing him on the rider.
Anyway it seems these days every time I go over to his place there is something odd I have to ask him about. One time his little trailer he keeps under the car port was halfway out in the road and I found out he had used it to help a friend and then couldn't get it back where it belongs. Rather than calling me to come push it back into it's spot he left it there until I came by to mow.
Today I am mowing away and I come across this burned spot in his back yard. My first thought was that some neighbor kids had been back there burning something. No it turns out he and his friend decided to burn their important papers together and had a couple of beers while doing so.
I have noticed of late every time I notice something unusual and ask him about it his reply starts with "Me and Buddy....." not the guys real name but it's always the same guy.
Ya know if I had done stuff like that as a kid he would be lecturing me on open burning stuff in the yard when the grass is all dead or making sure everything is out of the way and back in it's proper place. etc. etc. yadda yadda.
Last Summer him and Buddy got Buddy's lawn mower stuck trying to get it on the trailer, they called me to come man handle it back onto the ramps so they could take it into the shop. Or was it so Buddy could return it? That guy is always buying big stuff and then finding he isn't happy with it.
I am starting to wonder if I am going to have to go bail those two out of jail at some point or locking up all their big toys. It seems anymore they require adult supervision 24 hours a day and I am not the adult supervisor type, hell I am more likely to get em into more trouble.
After my mowing duties were discharged I stopped by the hives I am keeping at the orchard down the road and pulled about seven frames of honey. I am surprised that hive is producing as it is only a little over a year old and I just put their second large brood chamber on this Spring and the surplus super back the first of June. They had the surplus super full though although a couple of frames had brood mixed in so I didn't take those.
Looks like I am going to be spinning out some honey this week.
Keep Prepping Everyone!!!
The old guy's I knew are all dead now, they seemed to relax the older they got and got into funny situations or at least funny to me. My dad slipped on a ladder one day and dumped a gallon of white paint all over the house and bushes. He should have had someone else do the job but at least he didn't hit the ground. Have fun with the old guys.
ReplyDeleteSf - My dad suffers from severe knee issues. He cannot really walk much at all these days and refuses to get them worked on because he knows he will not be able to work for months afterwards. He would rather not walk much and still go do his little job than be condemned to being housebound for a month.
DeleteMy dad went the same way. He eventually got under his truck to work on it, and didn't block it up. The jack dropped it on him and he was pinned under it for over an hour til she came out to look for him. The nearest help the county dispatcher could find was a Highway Patrolman who got there and got it off him but dad wound up in the hospital. I try to guard against doing anything like that now that I am older, myself.
ReplyDeleteHarry - Dad's memory is going a bit too and I can see him doing something like that except his knees bother him so much I doubt he could even get down on the ground now to get under a vehicle. He certainly wouldn't be getting back up by himself. The big thing I have to watch out for is him going to help my useless druggy step sister. She has no concept of the fact that Dad should not be doing the things he used to do for her but Dad tries to hide the fact he still does all this stuff for her from my Brother and I.
DeleteLast time he had to help her fix her lawn mower I ended up going to the emergency room to get him because he did something to his arm. He just won't listen.
Children and us old folks are in need of baby sitters LOL. My In Laws are in a assisted home. My BIL has power of Att. so no issues for us or the out of state family.
ReplyDeleteRob - My dad would die before going into assisted living. Seriously. I know he would never do it. Now if he got to the point he couldn't stop it I guess but I doubt he would last long in such a case.
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ReplyDeleteNow that Dad has passed, Mom is needing to be watched because she does these off the wall things......I guess she thinks she's a kid again. It scares me but we can't always be there watching over her. And when you suggest someone like an aide to help out..........you get the evil eye and the word "NO". All we can do is help when we can until their willing to admit they need someone there all the time.