I put the dork in Dorking

[maystone]

Another day spent on the lawn tractor tooling around the property. This time I was mowing the lawn - all 1200 acres of it. OK, slight exaggeration. But really, it feels that big when you're trying to tame the green beastie. So what's so dorky about mowing the lawn driving a certified antique? Well, if you're sporting a large white mask and carrying a messenger bag strapped across your torso, you tend to stand out. Outstanding in the field, as the old joke goes.

The mask is because the lawn tractor is a pollutor and I'm the main victim. Even if I didn't have asthma, I'd end up coughing and gasping if I weren't wearing some sort of mask. (We're getting a new lawn tractor soon. I feel horribly guilty about the pollution, trust me, but this place is too big to get everything done with a hand mower. Which is also a polluter. All of them are. Maybe we should just get a herd of free ranging sheep to eat the lawn and be done with it.)

I've started carrying the bag with me every time I go outside to do work. I always need to carry with me a mask, my rescue inhalor, water, and my camera. My pockets only have so much room, and now with the warmer weather I'm wearing less layers and therefore less pockets. The messenger bag is lightweight and it can strap crossways so I don't have to worry about it slipping off. Poifect!

(The Two Towers is on TV. The Elven archers just marched into Helm's Deep. ::sniff:: Gets' me every time.)

Anyway, I was playing around with the camera since my oringal photos for Project 365 tanked because of faulty batteries, and this is one of my favorites. I love my red shoes. And my Mao.

Comments

[brighty18.livejournal.com]

Okay that sucks about the coughing, but those are really gret pis. Cute kitty. How did you get the effect of the red?

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Mao is very cute, but then I'm all kinds of prejudiced :)

My camera has a function called color accent: you can choose one color in your picture to focus on and everything else will print as b&w. It's a cool effect sometimes.

[brighty18.livejournal.com]

Woe. I have that, too, I've just never figured out how to choose the color. Weird... Well, I guess I should have read the manual, right?

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Oh, you really need the manual for this one. It's about as far from intuitive as you can get. Good luck!

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Here's one in blue. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/88216856@N00/405271268/#comment72157594561815556)

[wicked-goddess.livejournal.com]

Cool pic!

[petranef.livejournal.com]

I want a goat or sheep for my lawn too!

And he would also keep the neighborhood kids off my lawn! ;D And we could frolic and gambol!

So, see, there are dorks aplenty to keep you company.... er, I meant that to sound more complimentary than it does. LOL!

[malterre.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking about a messenger bag myself they're a great size and designed not to do back damage!

Good luck with the "back 40"

[firedance5.livejournal.com]

When I lived with my friend Lisa she had a "huge" yard and we would alternate days mowing it. In that day I was in shape and we joked we were going to get tshirts that said "Body by mower", yes it was a push kind... ugh!
Sucks about the asthma but clever with the mask and kudos to you for still doing it although I truly do vote for the sheep and goat alternative :)