davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2023

[davidd]

Except for the rearview mirror it almost looks at a quick glance as though they're in a small plane 
Ya gotta wonder at our disconnect from nature, when we have to buy firewood at a store.

Ha! You're right, it does look like an airplane! Now I wanna remove the mirror!

Yeah, well... I haven't had time lately, and Janie and Triv have been too busy fixing other things, to trek up on to the hillside where there's lots of downed wood to pick up. Also, the neighbor who borrowed my 2-wheeled wheelbarrow that I use for gathering firewood managed to run over it with a backhoe tractor last summer. – because neighbors and heavy equipment, right?    This dry and seasoned store-bought firewood is easy for guests at the holiday rental to light and get a good fire going without a lot of fussing around. And... I had a hardware store coupon that made it too cheap to pass up.

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18 May - A Doll A Day 2023

Triv and Janie undertake a "simple repair" on a leaking outdoor water spigot.

There's absolutely nothing ominous about the vulture circling overhead, right?

"This bolt... seems... kinda... tight!"

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"Son of a....!"

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Janie teaches Triv an entirely new set of vocabulary words after a rusty bold head twists off, rendering the faucet, now blasting away at full bore, impossible to shut off.
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"And there we go – all fixed! Ya just gotta use the right 'magic words!'"

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The lesson? There are few problems that the right words and a sufficiently large hammer won't take care of!