Pete and Kelli’s social distance day 78
3rd June 2020
The carnage continued. Not the political and moral unrest in America, but in the garden at Central Bay.
Following our brutal attempt at pruning the lilac, we thought we’d continue on another poor defenceless plant.
This time it was a Japanese weeping larch, it had looked sad and uncared, so we took our implements of doom and started to cut away years of neglect.
Things were going well, Kelli was using her newly acquired skill in hairdressing to clip away the dead foliage. Gradually it started to look better, the tree develops new growth on the outside in layers so it was easy to see what needed to be removed.
Kelli directed me to cut a branch that she thought was dead.
Snick! Went the loppers jaw, and swish as the branch fell, unfortunately it was full of green.
Kelli was devastated. With tears in her eyes she felt the loss, I tried to re-assure her that the tree will still live, and next year it will be wonderful again.
We sold the bloody heavy entertainment centre that we had so much trouble attaching the doors on to. The buyer had brought a back-up person to help lift it into their vehicle. I’m sure, judging by her bulk, she could have done it all by herself.
Another Lifetime to go 