Sunnyside Destructivator

Up here on Sunnyside, it has truly lived up to its name. Not often I have to say, can this really be said, but today has been one of those days when you can look out over the hills and see forever. Today, I am suffereing acutely after creating what I hope is going to be a bit of a herbaceous border. Yesterday, sun shining, hens and gang of four out in the paddock enjoying a bit of a sun bathe, I set too.

Once I've got the bit between my teeth, nothing short of an earth quake will stop me. And now, today, I am of course crippled with a back from hell, having broken the cultivator which I have only used once before. It was meant to be the cultivator which was going last......Lovely long handle, so no bending and points on those prongs that would make you wince. It did the job. I removed clumps of weeds, stones, tree roots and then the head came off.

Now I do still have the old one, nail through the handle, but this one was so smart and new.......... smart and new no longer though. It's either going to have to be superglue or a nail. The trail of destruction didn't end there, however. Today, no prompting needed, before breakfast even, I broke the kitchen radio, merely by trying to turn it on. I have come to the conclusion I might just be a little heavy on things, or things are just not made to last the way they were.

The last time I went to the dentist, he mentioned that perhaps I should ease off on the cleaning. I was being "a bit too vigorous" with the toothbrush....In effect ripping the gums from my teeth. I really don't know my own strength. Well, today, of course I am only too aware of my own strength which is zero as I hobble around, heat pack strapped to my back. Maybe I'll just get out that picnic blanket, sit in the sun and soak it up. Absolutely safe, nothing to fall off and nothing to break. I might even make a plan of action for tomorrow, which will either involve moving a mountain of hay or sorting out a ton of mohair.................Bring it on. There's still one or two more tools left in the shed that aren't broken yet.