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A Sunflower Grows in North Attleboro

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A Sunflower Grows in North Attleboro
Photo-A-Day #1573

My Dad came home from the Cape today and he cleaned up the sidewalk except for this sunflower, my sister wouldn’t let him remove it. We were talking and I was trying to find something to photograph today so I could get inside and complete the video for my review of the LED Lenser P7. I think the review and the the video came out really nice. I hope the sponsor is impressed. I liked the product a lot and will be taking it on all future hikes.

Back to my Dad and the house and all that. Our house is a set of condos and my brother-in-law Erik, my sister Tara, My Dad and I are all taking turns in helping to maintain the lawn. Erik did the lawn for the 1st part of the summer, I have the second part as he is off to New Jersey for the next 6 months. That is going to be very strange for everyone. Luckily he can come back up on weekends or Tara can go down there to visit. The move is a very good thing for him and we are very proud of his accomplishments. The guy works so ever-loving hard too.

Okay, back to the house and the lawn. Well, my Dad is the one who cleans up the sidewalks and near the fence every year (don’t rip out the blackberry bush I want to try some of those oil seepage runoff blackberries, I bet they are full of nutrients one should not ingest. I might get superpowers, or something horrible. So it is a gamble. They looks so good though.)

Dad is also the one who does all the trimming of the bushes. The lawnmower is about the only power tool that Erik or I are trusted to use. That is better for everyone for now.

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Perfectly Imperfect

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Perfectly Imperfect
Photo-A-Day #1563

Helped Dad this morning move a holly tree, Rhododendron bush and then another Holly Tree. My Dad and sister Tara have some wicked green thumbs because generally whatever they plant grows like crazy. We were moving the plants to continue to regain a bit of privacy across the way. The holly trees will fill in like shrubs and can be trimmed the same way. Eventually they will build up to a decent privacy height again.

While we were moving the trees we were talking about another tree that Dad planted some years back around the time when the house behind us was totally remodeled and when all was said and done they added a second floor and our privacy was invaded by anyone standing on the 2nd floor deck of that new addition. So around the time soon after Dad bought a new tree. The new tree was planted around April 2005 (we were speculating on the dates). Basically his $300 investment now stands at $3,000 or so. I went back through the archives tonight because I remember when he planted that tree because I took a photo of it soon after it was planted. I should have taken a reference shot had I been thinking of my previous post: Dad’s New Tree.

While looking for that post and photo I ran across this one Been to Shit’s Creek. I don’t think that Dad was reading the blog back then but he might feel that enough time has passed to read the post and laugh now. If you’d like to laugh a little (especially at the top 10 list) check it out too!

Oh and the photo is of some roses that have since died but were clinging to a fence in the area where we planted the new holly trees. I just liked how it looked, should have taken off the dead flower part and kept the star leaves.