Good “non throwback” Thursday Morning, all bodies!
Yesterday evening, after the rains, I decided to pull a rather long and large pine branch out from the entanglement of a magnolia tree. Our hurricane debris has still not been picked up and I’m taking every opportunity to rid the property of all the trash, scraps and fragments of Ida as possible… and then some.
In an effort to not get distracted by the dog, when I returned home, I did not go inside the house, but took my briefcase and strapped it onto the fence post. Although it took me a few minutes longer to do so, I used my pruning saw to cut up the branch into manageable pieces and throw it into another pile of other crap to be discarded in the morning.
Happy with my handiwork, I headed back toward the house forgetting that I left the briefcase hanging on the post. It wasn’t until I needed the laptop that was inside the bag that remembered what I forgot and where I forgot it.
Opening the briefcase inside the kitchen, a roach scampered out and down to the floor… Big mistake!
Seconds later, a frog hopped out from the bag and hopped all over the kitchen with me in hot pursuit. I guess he felt that this was a great place to spend the night. How thoughtful!
Eventually, I cornered the green monster in the living room but he jumped from the lampshade, ricocheted off of my right shoulder, then, bounded unto our entertainment center. If he got into and behind the stereo equipment, I feared he’d probably never come out. Who knows what terrible things lurk between the wires, plugs, connectors, spider webs, and lint balls!
I almost caught him in mid-flight as he lunged from the encyclopedias onto a large leafy house plant, but I did manage to grab him before he could bury himself into the bowels of that rather huge green shrub. With as much care as I could muster, I escorted the squirmy little reptile out to the back patio safe and sound.
The briefcase must have been out there hanging on the fence for about two or three hours, max. Ain’t it funny how quickly Mother Nature’s creatures can adapt to their surroundings… Ha!
Second homemade CDM, y’all.
Copyright 2021/ Ben Bensen III
