~Messy Yard~ :-(

My back yard is full of pine cones. I am

wondering who is gonna pick them up. I

doubt if Carl will cut the grass any time

soon, and all those out there look so

ickky and just plain sloppy. I sure don't

like that tree at all. If this was MY house

I would call my friend Julio to come and

cut it down. Its messier than a willow tree

and they are super messy too..When they

bloom they are a total mess. They are a

lot more beautiful tree but can give you

a lot of problems specially with the root

systems. I learned all this tree stuff while

I was married to my 2nd hubby.

When we moved from Texas to Indiana, he

started a tree service. A most successful

one too I might add. We stayed busy. I

did all the phone work and scheduled all

the tree work. At one time we had 6 men

that worked for us. 2 were climbers and

2 were the cut men and the others did

the ground work, which in reality the

ground work, or clean up is what made

the biggest impression. Leave a mess

behind and you could lose a lot of work.

I went sometimes to help, I could drag

brush, I never used a chain saw, they

scared me. Willie was gone to Florida

and left me in charge of all the guys.

One of the jobs was to take out a stump.

Julio was gonna do the work, I was to

do the clean up and raking.

Julio was using a wedge and a big hammer

and when he hit the wedge a piece of it, it

was all metal, a piece flew off and hit me

right in my left eye. A quarter inch of it

and it went thru my eye 1 mm. from the

center or I would have been totally blinded.

The piece of metal had a barb on it, like

whats on a fish hook, so when it went thru

it tore the lens off of my eye. I have no

focus and can only see colors or outlines

of things. Ive had 4 surgeries on it. This

happened in 85.. I'm now considered

blind in my left eye..

Learning to do everything all over again

was not easy.. Cover one of your eyes

and try to do something. You have NO

depth perception at all.. I was scared

to drive for a long time, but I adjusted,

I only ran into a few things. I still run

into stuff with this chair because of

that..If you could see my door facings

or hallway corners you can see the dings

and paint knocked off..:-)

My nurse is due today but I have no

idea what time, I hope its not late I'm

kinda tired today I didn't sleep good

last night again. I didn't have Penny

fix anything for today so I'm gonna

havta cook something, what, I have

no idea, I'll find something I always

do.. In the meantime, I am still a

most GORGEOUS WEEBLE.. and

I'll try to be back tomorrow.. Keep

well and God Bless...

Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm honored to call you 'friend'.

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...