As many of my male brethren do, I bristle when I hear the phrase "tomorrow, you need to ...." directed towards me. "You should..." doesn't sit much better.
I was tag teamed Tuesday with a group "you need to...". I was you shoulded into believing that I wanted to remove several overgrown boxwood bushes. It wasn't the first time the subject had been broached, nor the second. I simply didn't want to do it. I love those bushes, I love their size, and how they anchor the entire hedge.
Mrs. T was away for the afternoon, and knowing she wouldn't notice for weeks I opted for a compromise course. I ruthlessly pruned.
And pruned and pruned and....
And made piles and piles, and..
And cleared and cleared and cleaned and 
until I wore my self out.
I admit it, Mrs. T was right, and I was wrong. It does look much nicer with the bushes cut back. I should have done this two or three "you shoulds "ago, or even better 3 or 4 years ago.Enjoy your day.
Toad
As your post proves, Toad, Winston Churchill was correct when he observed that "Americans always do the right thing....AFTER they explore every other possiblity." Congratuations on a job well done. Now...take a few moments and enjoy a well-deserved adult beverage!
ReplyDeleteAt my house it's "you know what would be a good idea".The most aggravating part of the exercise is that they are usually right.
ReplyDeleteGood job! There must be some ruthless pruning vibrations in the air! I ruthlessly pruned all the leggy sad ligustrum down to sticks all along the front of the house, then I kept swatting mosquitos and went nuts clipping the barrier ones near the parking area. Why didn't I look as good as you did upon completion? More importantly, was Mrs. Toad pleased when she came home and saw the results of your hard labor?
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Good heavens, Toad. You became a man possessed. That's what happens when you give a guy a set of pruning shears or, gawd forbid, a chain saw.
ReplyDeleteThere's a certain smugness to a job well done and you've earned it, Toad.
Without a doubt you just moved up a notch or two in the eyes of Mrs. T. and I hope she has the good sense to keep the "I told you so." to herself. ;-)
Isn 't it disgusting how once the wife suggests a project, she continually brings it up every six months or so!
ReplyDeleteA day later she hasn't seen it and I haven't brought it up. My guess is sometime near the end of the month she'll notice.
ReplyDeleteI have a terrible longing for those box cuttings I'm looking at in your driveway. Oh, I LOVE the smell [an olfactory holdover from grandmother's house in Maryland], number 1. But number 2, here comes wreath season and there's nothing so delightful as boxwood wreathes set about the house and grounds during the fall season. I will imagine them all gathered up and jammed into giant tubs of water, set inside the pool house, waiting.
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Bill Buckley Jr. would occasionally ramble on about the smell boxwood, and how some liked it and most thought it smelled of litter boxes.
ReplyDeleteOur hedge is a Korean cultivar and I cannot detect any scent at all. Perhaps English boxwood is the choice for aromatics.
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