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October 30, 2005
The Lawn, Part MCMLX....
I spent today watering the lawn. Basically, I spent the entire day watering the lawn.
When I moved into this house, I had this vision of Sunday afternoons in an overstuffed leather chair, sipping some (wine/port/cognac/21 year old Glenfiddich Special Reserve aged in rum barrels....mmmmmmmmmmmmm, 21 year old Glenfiddich Special Reserve aged in rum barrels) and reading a book, some wonderful piece on the stereo (let me recommend Pierre-Laurent Aimard's truly refreshing rendition of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5)...
No, no wait: this is the actual, as opposed to fantasy, life of the disgracefully aging gentleman. I spent the entire day watering the lawn. Why? Because, as I have learned (more than I have ever wanted to) about new lawns in this part of the South, they demand extra (extra) special care to grow. After all, the soil is clay, compacted and, of course (because every cake needs a frosting), we're in a drought...
Why am I writing this? I had to actually live it. Back to the fantasy life:...
Posted by dag at October 30, 2005 10:13 PM
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Of course, in your fantasy, I'm not watching the Panthers in HD.
Posted by: The Wife at November 2, 2005 7:03 PM
HD? Wow, I guess I didn't get the memo about that. All I've decided is that next year for Thanksgiving, we are going to take gluttony to a whole new level. I'll be putting my culinary skills to work all in the name of good clean inebriated gluttony. You better mark your calendar now, because it will be much more than you imagine.. :-)
Posted by: The Good Rabbi at November 6, 2005 9:49 PM