Contemblogging

The weather was perfect today. The sky was blue,temperature reasonable, and the sand gnats or “flying teeth” hadn’t yet made their appearance to interfere with a persons sanity.
All these factors considered, I decided to do something out of doors.
Dressed in my cute hot pink baseball hat, and armed with the few things I could find from the garage, that could function as yard tools (to include a broken half a rake, a broom, and an old bed sheet) I made my way to the back yard.

At least three feet of nasty tree garbage had fallen over the last few months and I was determined to uncover something of monumental historical value, a lost civilization under the leaves in my back yard.

I had heard stories, of barbeque grills and lawn furniture, with friends and family of long ago, gathering in the area, for birthday parties, steaks and roasted marshmallows.
Under the thick mountains of brown crunchy debris there were no signs of any such society but I could almost hear the echos of laughter and fellowship mixed throughout the whistle of the wind, so I began to rake.


And I raked.
…And raked
…And raked
And stopped to send a few text messages to break the monotony,
…then raked some more,
…and raked
…and FREAKIN RAKED FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHAT WAS I THINKING I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE PARK TO PLAY CATCH WITH THE DOG!!!

…I'm pretty sure I said a few dirty words.

Then raked until finally there was a scratching sound of metal rake prongs on what appeared to be some sort of concrete slab. The further I dug through the leaves, the more of this lost civilization emerged until an entire patio was unearthed, complete with four chairs, a table and indeed... the holy barbque grill!

Who knew that not so long ago, friends gathered and children laughed, right outside my back door?

The area is roped off until further notice.