Break Out the Chain Saws!
The last time Revel came over to do my yard he told me that he was cutting down the holly tree at the bottom of the deck. I didn’t want it cut down. I have enjoyed many, many hours in a hammock that is strung between the back deck fence and that tree. That it’s dead and has been dead for quite some time hasn’t bothered me one whit. It does what I want it to do, hold up a pleasant place to read. If Revel wants to cut stuff down I have a back yard full of stuff that needs cutting. I suggested that to Revel. His response was, “It’s dead wood, it’s coming down. Find a new place for your hammock.” I don’t have a new place for my hammock. I tried stringing it between two sections of the fence. That lasted all of ten minutes when the fence pulled loose and dumped me, iced tea and a collection of books in a wet mess on the ground. Thanks, Revel. Now I don’t have a place for my hammock and I have a fence that has to be fixed. Cutting down dead wood in the yard and garde...