Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
When we moved house back in 1999, my Aunt Betty gave us some money to get ourselves a house-warming present and we settled on a palm tree from a local garden centre. Back then it was only small and we brought it home between my wife's feet in the front of a Honda Accord. The idea was to create some kind of area to relax under the palm tree. Even then I had thoughts of lazing away my retirement under a palm tree.. Since then, from time to time as the tree grew, I have thought about building a raised patio, putting in decking, getting a bench .... various ideas that I never got around to doing. Having just got around to clearing away shrubs and weeds, painting all my fences and moving various plants to better locations, I have finally got my arse into gear.
With my 60th birthday coming up, I've bought myself a retirement present ... a quarter tree bench to go under the tree. Knowing that it was due to be delivered soon got me going, and I finally got around to making the most of this corner of the garden. Two days of hard work, and a few quid spent on weed control cloth, slate chippings and bendy edging blocks, and I'm rather pleased with the result. Just don't tell anyone it took me 21 years to finish the job!
Anyone else care to own up to any procrastination on anything like this scale?
With my 60th birthday coming up, I've bought myself a retirement present ... a quarter tree bench to go under the tree. Knowing that it was due to be delivered soon got me going, and I finally got around to making the most of this corner of the garden. Two days of hard work, and a few quid spent on weed control cloth, slate chippings and bendy edging blocks, and I'm rather pleased with the result. Just don't tell anyone it took me 21 years to finish the job!
Anyone else care to own up to any procrastination on anything like this scale?