Well, this has been a week! Yesterday was the worst. All day everyday I have been chomping at the bit to be out at the pond to watch the progress but I've had to work. At 5:00 everyday I have shot out of the door and headed to the land. It's amazing what big machines can do in a few days.
Yesterday morning my whole day got completely shot. This part of the post should probably be filed under "Don't try this at home." My store is in an old farmhouse out in the country. A good friend cuts the acre yard for store credit (he has a BIG dog). We have five huge old fig trees and lots of pecan trees on the lot. After cutting the grass he decided to pick some figs for his wife to preserve. Did I mention he was picking the figs from the top rung of a 6 foot ladder on uneven ground? Needless to say it ended badly. My GMC Jimmy became an ambulance and poor Rick had a dislocated foot and broken ankle. He had to have surgery last night. At the same hospital my mom was having chemo and needed Ginger ale. So I spent my entire morning between the ER and the Dr's Center.
By the time I finally got to the land yesterday everyone had gone home. But wow! What they got done was again amazing.
These pics span Tuesday through Thursday. The work has been slow going due to all the trash that was in the pond. They are having to haul out all the trash one load at a time. But the island did take shape and is at about the right elevation.
BLACK SCUM. YUCK!!
A few of the land work they have done.
If it's not fit for you to eat, what makes you think it's good for your dog?
