I have a elderly- ish neighbour over the road from me who has two sons who are always in trouble. They dont live at home as they are at this moment - staying in someplace with cells courtesy of her majesty ! Anyway, she also has a bloody great rotweiler that has bitten me once - a sharp smack on the snout from me stopped that but he is huge - however, I have always stopped and said hello- after all what her kids are has nothing to do with her now.
Sadly, on monday morning her husband passed away in hospital and she caught up with me on monday evening. She has asked me to give the hedge a cut as its massive and a general tidy up if at all possible. The grass was about three feet in places as well.
Anyway, i agreed that I would have a go at the hedge and see what I can do as the funeral cortege is due to leave from her house on monday.
Outside is a nightmare - inside is a palace - but she cant do as she wants as she has heart problems.
She went out on Tuesday and I arrived home from work and promtly got out the trimmers - lopped off about a foot around the sides all the way and about 4 feet off the top. Let there be light and there was into the garden.
Next I cut one lawn as she was going to be away for 48 hours with her daughter. I spent over three hours there.
Last night I worked on all the grass, created borders, planted tubs , located the drive way, strimmed every weed out and away, moved a huge barrell and filled it with some geraniums and nicotiniana. The grass is about 1/2 inch now, the garden is about 500 per cent lighter and bigger, the borders full, driveway has materialised and all the shrubs have been tidied up.
Well I had to apologise when she came home tonight as I was out at my car when the taxi dropped her home. She was stunned and just stood there and cried and i felt really bad. I thought she was annoyed or upset, in fact she was exstatic and she keeps trying to give me money for doing it. I dont want her money - she wants to get me something for doing something I do for pleasure ( I do ground force specials as love gardening) and in respect for her - that was enough as payment. I made her cry and I feel sorry - but seeing her face with baskets, lawn and borders and a whole new lower hedge was worth its weight in gold and worth every bit of blood that I shed and sweat I lost.
Life is strange and I learnt never to judge a book by its cover...
Am going back sunday to trim the grass again - so the cortege can leave from a tidy garden. So far she seems to have had loads of people round and all she keeps doing is walking round the grass.
Am off to bed now - its 21.00, I have a splitting headache as am exhausted with these two days for her hell ,it was worth it .. who is next???
Kev
Sadly, on monday morning her husband passed away in hospital and she caught up with me on monday evening. She has asked me to give the hedge a cut as its massive and a general tidy up if at all possible. The grass was about three feet in places as well.
Anyway, i agreed that I would have a go at the hedge and see what I can do as the funeral cortege is due to leave from her house on monday.
Outside is a nightmare - inside is a palace - but she cant do as she wants as she has heart problems.
She went out on Tuesday and I arrived home from work and promtly got out the trimmers - lopped off about a foot around the sides all the way and about 4 feet off the top. Let there be light and there was into the garden.
Next I cut one lawn as she was going to be away for 48 hours with her daughter. I spent over three hours there.
Last night I worked on all the grass, created borders, planted tubs , located the drive way, strimmed every weed out and away, moved a huge barrell and filled it with some geraniums and nicotiniana. The grass is about 1/2 inch now, the garden is about 500 per cent lighter and bigger, the borders full, driveway has materialised and all the shrubs have been tidied up.
Well I had to apologise when she came home tonight as I was out at my car when the taxi dropped her home. She was stunned and just stood there and cried and i felt really bad. I thought she was annoyed or upset, in fact she was exstatic and she keeps trying to give me money for doing it. I dont want her money - she wants to get me something for doing something I do for pleasure ( I do ground force specials as love gardening) and in respect for her - that was enough as payment. I made her cry and I feel sorry - but seeing her face with baskets, lawn and borders and a whole new lower hedge was worth its weight in gold and worth every bit of blood that I shed and sweat I lost.
Life is strange and I learnt never to judge a book by its cover...
Am going back sunday to trim the grass again - so the cortege can leave from a tidy garden. So far she seems to have had loads of people round and all she keeps doing is walking round the grass.
Am off to bed now - its 21.00, I have a splitting headache as am exhausted with these two days for her hell ,it was worth it .. who is next???
Kev
