Birthday Fun
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Robb and I don't actually own our little cottage yet, but that didn't stop me from giving him this for his birthday.
That's right. Robb is now the proud owner of a sweet little eco-friendly push-mower. And I'm the kind of dork who buys a lawnmower for a birthday gift. In some relationships, a gift like that would be grounds for divorce.
Robb and I have never been in charge of a lawn. When I worked at the opera in upstate New York, and lived on the dairy farm, the farmers would cut our grass with their tractors. Neither Robb nor I have any memory of how the grass got cut in Dallas. We were workings eighty hour weeks. For all we know, the landlord hired a goatherd to crop our lawn.
The birthday fun didn't end when we rolled the lawnmover into our garage.
We also went kayaking on Lake Merritt.
If you haven't rented a boat and paddled or sailed around the lake, I highly recommend that you do so. As we were gliding along the cormorants, terns, pelicans and gulls, I kept wondering why we hadn't done this before.
This is good, cheap, healthy fun. Kayak rentals (for Oakland residents) are ten bucks an hour, and you can also rent sailboats, canoes, rowboats or sailboats. No power boats are permitted on the lake, so there's a leisurely pace to the boating.
To quote Kenneth Graham (from The Wind in the Willows), "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
Of course, you can't go wrong if you enjoy a dinner of Burmese food after you've done messing about in boats.
It was a lovely day.
Robb and I don't actually own our little cottage yet, but that didn't stop me from giving him this for his birthday.
That's right. Robb is now the proud owner of a sweet little eco-friendly push-mower. And I'm the kind of dork who buys a lawnmower for a birthday gift. In some relationships, a gift like that would be grounds for divorce.
Robb and I have never been in charge of a lawn. When I worked at the opera in upstate New York, and lived on the dairy farm, the farmers would cut our grass with their tractors. Neither Robb nor I have any memory of how the grass got cut in Dallas. We were workings eighty hour weeks. For all we know, the landlord hired a goatherd to crop our lawn.
The birthday fun didn't end when we rolled the lawnmover into our garage.
We also went kayaking on Lake Merritt.
If you haven't rented a boat and paddled or sailed around the lake, I highly recommend that you do so. As we were gliding along the cormorants, terns, pelicans and gulls, I kept wondering why we hadn't done this before.
This is good, cheap, healthy fun. Kayak rentals (for Oakland residents) are ten bucks an hour, and you can also rent sailboats, canoes, rowboats or sailboats. No power boats are permitted on the lake, so there's a leisurely pace to the boating.
To quote Kenneth Graham (from The Wind in the Willows), "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
Of course, you can't go wrong if you enjoy a dinner of Burmese food after you've done messing about in boats.
It was a lovely day.
Comments
Bandaid
Gary wants to know if you are going to the Outside Lands Music and Arts festival, at the end of August? Tom Jones is going to be there! Take your old undies and toss 'em on the stage for us, ok?
I have a LOT of flowers we put in the yard over time, (they were free and being thrown out) but the best thing we ever did -to the sloped part of the yard that was hard to mow- was put in strawberry plants! Consider putting in an edible landscape, and you will love it! Less to mow as well!
Annalisa and Gary
~~Doublesaj~~
Love the mower. Practical gifts don't have to be relationship ending. I prefer them. I don't need one more thing to (not) dust. I think something useful is a lot more thoughtful.
We have been requesting gift cards from family members for 3 years now for those stores (Lowes has better prices and choices) and it is truely worth it.
Annalisa and Gary
I wanted to know, have you been pleased with the mower, and if so, what brand/make is it? I hate gas-powered mowers, and have been on the hunt of a nice quiet reel-style mower for ages now. They come up used every now and then, but get snatched up quickly!