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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I have been getting dirt-y a lot these last couple of weeks! Sometimes I forget to put garden gloves on and then my nails pay the price. I guess in some ways, I’m a bit of a tomboy. Playing in the dirt always came naturally to me.

Yesterday I got semi-pinned under a wheelbarrow full of garden soil. My hands were free, but I couldn’t lift the barrow off of me, as I was on a bit of a hill, too. I texted my husband, who of course didn’t see my requests for help until an hour and a half later.

Apparently it only took me 8 minutes to wriggle my legs out. I thought it was about 30 minutes that I was trapped. I’m glad it was only a wheelbarrow and not a tractor. Bruised but not terrible. My wrist is still messed up, and somehow managing to get the wheelbarrow off of my legs, tweaked it again. I think this will take a few more weeks to heal up. I plan to work through it. I can’t very well do all this work left-handed, so it will just have to be a slow heal.


373 posted on 05/18/2024 7:16:07 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: FamiliarFace

I couldn’t handle wheelbarrows either when they decided to be recalcitrant.

We use a gorilla cart.

I ‘ll get an image of it when I’ m on my computer at home.


377 posted on 05/19/2024 6:48:35 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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