And next door? Our neighbor bought a bulldozer.
Yes, a bulldozer.
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| The new 'dozer. In our driveway. |
When I saw it being dropped off Sunday afternoon, I assumed he was renting it for a while to clear out the back of his property. Because who owns a bulldozer in the city?
Our neighbor, apparently.
The one we share a driveway with.
He lovingly covered it with a tarp after parking it at the end of the driveway.
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| The dozer wrapped snug as a... bug? |
BestestHusband reports that our neighbor plans to clear out some stumps behind our properties before trailoring it up to Maine, where he owns a lot of land. Ok, that makes more sense. Rural Maine needs bulldozers. Residential Boston? Not so much.
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| The view of the bulldozer from the bottom of the hill, where it needs to somehow get to. |
So I'm curious to see him in action. Because at the end of the driveway is that crazy steep sledding hill from earlier in the winter. The one with an unstable surface made mostly of decomposing wood chips. I'm sure gravity will make sure it gets down the hill. I'm not so sure this well-used bulldozer can make it up again.
I promise to take pictures if I catch him in action...
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| Hyacinths in the front yard. A more rational springtime development. |
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| Pretty purple star flowers. I have no idea what they're called... |
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| Dutch tulips that BestestHusband brought back from Keukenhof. When they actually bloom, you'll have to look at more pictures. |
The little purple star flowers may be scilla. When they are done blooming a little three-part seed pod will form on the end. When they are just about ready to pop, you can pluck them and scatter them around other places you would like pretty little flowers in the spring. If they don't get this seed pod, I don't know what the heck kind of flowers they are!
ReplyDeleteI'll keep an eye out for the seed pods. Whatever they are, I like them!
DeleteI love little bulbs! I love how they spread. I'm an absolute addict. I pick one a year and binge on hundreds of bulbs, which maybe sets me back about $40/year:) - http://www.johnscheepers.com/ is my favorite, since you can get them in bulk!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info! I"m becoming a bulb junkie myself. They don't grow well in Texas, and they're a gardening revelation to me.
DeleteSo would this neighbor be able/willing to use the bulldozer to help BH move any recalcitrant backyard boulders this spring? I just re-read your "Feats of Strength" post from last May (http://joysbundles.blogspot.com/2012/05/feats-of-strength.html), and as much as most of us overachievers appreciate a good challenge, I'm just as sure that men love power tools, especially the oversized mega-horsepower kind.
ReplyDeleteBH was just discussing last night the option of moving the boulder with the bulldozer! He has a plan for it, don't you worry.
DeleteMore pictures will follow, I'm sure.
The tulips at Keukenhof have not bloomed yet either! The garden is only open for three more weeks - hopefully they'll have blooms before they close for the season. It has been a long, cold winter...
ReplyDeleteThere is hope, I think we'll see ours within the next week. Maybe 2 if we don't get enough sun. But we don't have the same time limit as the garden there. That would be a significant bummer if the timing didn't work out!
DeleteI could only imagine the conversation you had with your neighbor that morning, what with the giant elephant, or in this case bulldozer, in the room. Heh.
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