Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
1:20 A.M.

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HEADS - "Starts With A"

A blog entry starting with "A", I can do. Okay. I did. Mine DID begin with the letter and it's a word too..."A" is a word. Actually, technically, it's an article in the English Grammar...an 'indefinite article' which would and most always be preceding another noun; plural or singular.

And...[another "A" word], yesterday as I mentioned on my Monday post, Bud and I did a little landscaping project. With landscaping timbers and cedar chips. We had this little area in the grass that I planted a couple of small palm trees. We placed our pelican statue there along with the bird bath. The way it was, with nothing there but the grass surrounding it, it made it very difficult to get in and around the trees, statue and stuff with the edger trimmer. We got the timbers Sunday morning, and I brought them out of the garage Monday morning. Bud stretched out the plastic and I cut...for landscaping and we had all the needed tools to begin...

Before:



Also, surprisingly [at least to me], it took less than two hours to complete the whole process of measuring the timbers, cutting them, laying plastic, throwing the cedar chips around the area, and replacing the 'livestock' -pelicans and ducks. And then refilling the bird bath. The area covered is 36 square feet [6x6].

AFTER:



CLOSE UP PHOTOS:






All the while, the Neighborhood Grackles and Doves and Sparrows were keeping a close vigil on our progress. Especially the Grackles. In fact, while we were on the ground working laying the plastic and stuff, a couple of the male Grackles would come right down near us. They, I know, were wondering where their bathtub was!! Well, no sooner had we finished, and I went in the house to get the camera for the 'after photos' for my blog, one was taking delight in having their water ---


[if you click on the last photo and enlarge you can see the water spray he's making while bathing!]