and don't ya just love that beautiful stream, called Strachans Brook, that we look at all the time out of our front windows? we have a stream to the northwest, our river to the northeast and the beach is southeast - we feel like we live on a little peninsula! in fact, our island is actually a bunch of little islands. check out Cape Breton Island on Google maps if you are bored one day. you will see what i mean!
anyway, after doing a bunch of yard chores together yesterday, i came in and made some delicious pasta for our supper. i make the sauce from fresh, cut-up tomatoes, a ton of garlic, honey, vinegar with the mother in it, olive oil, parsley, basil, spinach, fresh-cracked black pepper and sea salt. it is yummeh! so there i am making the pasta while jambaloney is weed whacking and then - BLAMMO! i thought someone had shot a cannon at the house! but wait a minute - there are no working cannons in the area - bahahahah! and then i heard this faint crackling sound - it was like - crackling, crackling, crack, crackling, crack, crack, crackling - what the eff?
jambaloney is still out weed whacking and i am trying to find the source of the crackling sound. and then found it. our front door, which is blocked by a big home-made shelf thingy (i know - not up to code - you are supposed to have two exits in every house! but we consider our large windows to be exits!) is made with tempered glass and lets a ton of light in the house. we taped it in place last year for seed starting. anyway, more crackly cracks as the darn thing has shattered on one side - thank goodness it has double tempered glass!
i run outside and yell to jambaloney. he was 40 feet away from the door when the darn thing got smashed by a little rock probably doing close to 100km an hour! yep - sure 'nuff - it was a flying rock that broke the door! have a look:
and here's a close-up of the actual hole:
jambaloney quickly got some clear tape to tape it all together on the door. he will be going in to town on monday to get some plexiglass/recycled glass - it depends on which is cheaper.
but dang - it scared the living bejeezuz out of me when it happened. oh - and thank goodness for tempered glass!
Just thank the Good Lord it wasn't your head...your sauce sounds great.
ReplyDeleteStephen - jambaloney scared the crap out of me when he, at first, thought it was a bullet?!?!?!? but when we actually looked at the door, and found no casings laying nearby, we figured - yep - a rock from the weed whacking must have hit the door! he gardens naked - but he always weed whacks wearing a safety helmet and glasses, ear phones, and dressed from head to toe!
ReplyDeleteit's not so much of a sauce as some stuff to coat the pasta quite nicely - we love that sauce and pasta when we have worked a hard day - it really tastes great!
Was he Naked Weed Whacking?
ReplyDeleteBah I should have read your reply to Stephen first. So no Naked Weed Whacking... Understood.
Deleteteehee - you got it buddy!
DeleteOk, add to list of things not to do naked: fry bacon and weld metal were already on there. Now weed whacking makes the list as well.
ReplyDelete45er buddy - i fry bacon naked all the time - jambaloney even bought me an apron for frying bacon!!! you wouldn't believe the number of blisters i have gotten in all kinds of strange places from frying bacon....oh man - bhahahaha!
DeleteMy neighbor mows with the riding lawnmower and throws rocks into my 109-yr-old windows. They are the wavy glass kind of glass. It makes holes, very round holes. They swear they don't throw rocks. But, I can hear the house being sprayed with rocks. I even found a rock on the inside of the glass that fell out in huge chunks, no tempering here! I have door in the basement for my greenhouse project that may never come to fruition. Come on down and get one that fits!
ReplyDeleteoh dear - so sorry PracticalP - off to answer your next comment!
DeleteI used a weedeater in sandals and short...for about 30 seconds. I looked like I had been whipped around from toes to knees. I misjudged. That was the last time I ever used a weekeater. ACK!
ReplyDeleteoh DOUBLE OH NO!!! if you are weed whacking YOU HAVE TO WEAR CLOTHES! and you have to be covered up properly! pretty much the only time we wear clothes is weed whacking! jambaloney uses the big one and i use the small one - but we are always clothed when weed whacking! ouch! so sorry PracticalP!
DeleteNo one told me that...lol. Where were you when I needed your advice that would have been sooo welcomed? I did not know better...lol. Mine was the smallest one made. I would have been cut to ribbons by a large one.
DeleteYes indeed, thank Heaven for tempered glass ! We have also had near misses when we accidentally trimmed too close to a large door, and once some years ago, when my dh threw my brush downstairs as per my request, and it bounced off the floor and crackled a very big window ! Glad you are both well.
ReplyDeletebahahahahahah - oh Jane - a brush??? oh you poor dear. we are still thanking Heaven for tempered glass - that could have been a lot uglier! xoxo
ReplyDeleteYou need to be careful you two. Oh I looked up your island, i saw two people outside working in their yard. I knew it was you two by the white shine off your bodies...
ReplyDeleteteeheehee - Rob, buddy - that was us!!! dang Google taking pics of us in the garden!!!
DeleteIs it the military training that turns weed-wacking into such a dangerous activity? Everything J- touches becomes a projectile?
ReplyDeleteteeheehee - Russell, J didn't serve in the military - just me. but maybe my military training has rubbed off on him!
Deleteoh no....thank goodness it didn't whack either of you!...I'm coming to dinner the next time you have pasta and then I will soak in dawn.
ReplyDeleteMamma - you are welcome for dinner any time! i have been in the shower with the dawn all day - it doesn't seem to be working yet. i will get in and stay in the shower all day tomorrow, too. i'll let you know when it starts working - bahahahah! (an inside joke between me and you - everyone else will be wondering what we are talking about!)
Deletetoo funny kymber! everyone will be wondering what we;re doing with that Dawn....
DeleteHeavens! The yard looks great,though! :)
ReplyDeletethanks Donna - it's nice looking at a nice cleared yard!
DeleteThat was close...glad you are okay!!!
ReplyDelete....so who is this chick your showering with?
Tango - check out Mamma's awesome post here:
ReplyDeletehttp://challengedsurvival.blogspot.ca/2012/03/shampoo-danger.html
then you'll know why we are showering together - and yes, you are more than welcome to join us!
Ow! I was all set for some photos of your awesome spegettie supper when I started reading this. What a bait and switch! lol Thank goodness it's warm out. You won't have to worry about snow and cold while you are waiting for it to get fixed.
ReplyDeleteSue - we thought the same thing - thank goodness it happened now and not during the winter. but then, we wouldn't be weed whacking in the winter - duh! jambaloney is gone into town today to get stuff to fix it and we will fix it the next nice day we have. xox
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you both are okay...holy smokes!!
ReplyDeleteI pray you find a replacement that is fair in price,looks lovely, and is as good as the one that you had before.
xoxoxx
thanks sweetie - it sure did scare the crap out of me tho! we are going to wait before replacing it as big yard clean-up is happening in a few weeks - jambaloney might be able to score another glass door from someone else's garbage - for FREE! xoxoxox
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