Subj : Towing the Line
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Jul 29 2024 12:36:17

Hi Shawn,


 RH> We own about .28/acre, not really enough to justify buying a riding
 RH> mower but takes a while to do with a push mower. Your lawn sounds
 RH> like the one we had in Savannah; I don't think it took even 10
 RH> minutes to mow.

 SH> Our lawn mower is 100% people powered.   I picked one up on the side
 SH> of the road years ago when my hands still worked and was able to
 SH> sharpen the blades.  For our lawn it's perfect, anything it misses we
 SH> get with the whipper snipper. ;)

Good deal! Steve bought an electric mower when we were in Savannah and
we took it up to WF when we moved. It didn't do that great a job up here
so he replaced it with a gas one, don't remember what he did with the
other. We've more yard to mow in this house than we did in the rental;
he mowed it for the first few years & still does from time to time but
would rather pay somebody to do it now. At the moment he is over at the
church house mowing, but on a riding mower. He and several other men do
the yard there, each one doing it once or twice a month, and usually
working in 2s.

 RH> the property for I don't know how many years. My SIL and her
 husband RH> spend 6 months of the year in Florida, the other 6 months
 at this RH> campground. We asked if we could rent a site for just a few
 days RH> while visiting in that area, got told "sorry, no".

 SH> Our campground still has some transient spots he keeps open, however
 SH> if they don't like the look of you it's "booked solid."  The family

Good to know if we ever get up that way.


 SH> that runs it
 SH> does an amazing job, if they sell (and we've replaced the current tin
 SH> can) we'll pull the trailer out.  The current one hasn't moved in 50
 SH> years or more so while it's on wheels it will come apart when they
 SH> hook a tractor up to haul it out.

Not a good thing. I presume there's alternate ways to get it out.


 RH> We've done that from time to time, cut up the hot dogs and scramble
 RH> them with the eggs. My parents did that when I was growing up, called
 RH> it "hupple pupple". Found a similar dish in one of my German cook
 RH> books.

 SH> With a picky eater like the grandson at least chopped up hotdogs are
 SH> as good as bacon.  (In his mind)

We weren't allowed to be picky, didn't raise our girls that way either.
They both enjoy a wide variety of food from various cultures. Younger
daughter's older son is on the autism spectrum so is more picky about
what he likes to eat. When we visited last year, he'd gone vetetarian
but was happy when his mom found vegetarian hot dogs at Ikea.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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