Bustednuckles

Temporarily at least.

It has been 10 degrees colder than normal around here since last November.

All Winter and now well over a month into “Spring”.

Up until last week the lows at night have stayed into the mid to low 30’s

The highs anywhere from 40 to a little over 50, on a good day.

Rain?

Almost constant.

Then yesterday, BOOM, high 80’s and Sunny.

Ya gotta love it.

It’s supposed to be a gorgeous day today and then go right back to cloudy, cool and wet.

Of course I have family things to do all day and night today so even if I wanted to I can’t get anything done.

Grand daughter’s birthday/ graduation party and then some “Dance” performance I gotta sit through later.

Don’t know how much of that my lower back is going to be able to take but I’m going to give it a shot, she’s off the the most liberal college in Oregon this Summer so this is my last shot at seeing her before she goes over the edge.

I was sitting out front performing my morning ritual of a smoke and coffee a few minutes ago, looking around and listening to the cat whine for attention when I heard a Woodpecker hammering away on a neighbor’s tree somewhere nearby.

The first one this year so far.

The little decorative Cherry tree in the front yard is in full bloom, as is the bigger Sour Cherry tree that very rarely sets any fruit over against the neighbor’s property line.

Ain’t it pretty?

Yeah, it’s pretty, a pretty huge pain in the ass.

It’s been grafted so there are two trees in one and the thing just makes a GIANT mess.

A wind storm a couple years ago almost knocked it over so it has a pretty good lean to it. The next one will finish it.

Those little blossoms eventually fall off and completely cover the front yard and especially the sidewalk leading to the front door right next to the garage.

They pile up in drifts like snow.

It always rains at some point in this process and they stick to EVERYTHING.

The sidewalk, the outside wall of the garage, your feet and even the fucking cat.

The tree is out of control to begin with and needs a severe pruning but the owners refuse to pay to have anything trimmed around here.

Some of the branches are actually rubbing up against the house right at the roof line and will soon start rubbing on the roofing material.

Not my problem.

Those blooms however, are a Huge problem.

They wind up in the house no matter how many times I clean that shit up.

I literally have to get the pressure washer out to get them off the cement.

So yeah, Spring has Sprung and the Ibuprofen will flow right along with it.