basskisser wrote:
On May 9, 8:47 pm, "JimH" wrote:
Not OT as we all have Mothers...........

My wife has been nagging me to take down and replace a flowering crab tree
in front of my office as a Mothers Day gift.

OK, even though she is not my mother I agreed as one does not argue with the
boss. After a couple of days of labor the old tree and stump were removed
(the stump and roots were the tough part) although I needed a bit of
persuasion from our SUV. Many more hours were spent cutting it up to
firewood size and hauling it to the back yard to age.

Her new Japanese Maple arrived today and was planted and watered.

Happy Mothers Day. This is the most effort and expense I ever put into this
holiday.

Now back to work on my boat.

PS: She will be sorry on Fathers Day. ;-)

Did you notice? Nobody gives a ****!


I just wished he took photos of the tree at the nursery, then had a
photo as it sat next to the SUV, then in the SUV, then he could have
stopped half way home and took a photo of the SUV and the tree, then one
when he got to his mothers, then a photo of the hole, one of the tree
going into the hole, another as he put the dirt around the tree and one
as he watered the tree and finally one of the tree completely planted.

I mean doesn't everyone want to see photos of everyone else's home
projects.