What a godsend a good brother is to a widow-lady! Rested from his long trip across both Australia and the Pacific, he went to work on my jungle, starting with the man-eating Arizona rose that leans over my porch and path with the kind of thorns that only wild roses produce.
Don't worry -- fine new canes will sprout up next spring; the flowers all blossom on new growth. So speaketh my mom, authority on growing roses!
Next -- a Siberian elm that came back after I hacked it off a couple of years ago. Finally, he tackled the jungle directly up the hill (below). More to come when he returns from a visit to his daughters & grandchildren.
A good bro also cooks...
...does dishes (every night, since he arrived)...
...and washes his own laundry! He's great company and also a terrific partner in a fast two-person finish to the Sunday
NYTimes crossword and similar puzzles. In short, my bro is a awesomely good kid!
He considered buying his family that big container of Elvis popcorn we found over at Big Lots the other day -- but that would have been like carrying coals to Newcastle, since they all live in Elvis' hometown, Memphis, where he's currently visiting before a return for Mom's 104th birthday party. Then it's back to Oz. I'll miss him!
What a godsend a good brother is to a widow-lady! Rested from his long trip across both Australia and the Pacific, he went to work on my jungle, starting with the man-eating Arizona rose that leans over my porch and path with the kind of thorns that only wild roses produce.
Don't worry -- fine new canes will sprout up next spring; the flowers all blossom on new growth. So speaketh my mom, authority on growing roses!
Next -- a Siberian elm that came back after I hacked it off a couple of years ago. Finally, he tackled the jungle directly up the hill (below). More to come when he returns from a visit to his daughters & grandchildren.
A good bro also cooks...
...does dishes (every night, since he arrived)...
...and washes his own laundry! He's great company and also a terrific partner in a fast two-person finish to the Sunday NYTimes crossword and similar puzzles. In short, my bro is a awesomely good kid!
He considered buying his family that big container of Elvis popcorn we found over at Big Lots the other day -- but that would have been like carrying coals to Newcastle, since they all live in Elvis' hometown, Memphis, where he's currently visiting before a return for Mom's 104th birthday party. Then it's back to Oz. I'll miss him!
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