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LizeB's avatar

Love this. Yesterday I drove past a work truck advertising mudjacking with the slogan “Sunken concrete? We get it up for you”

Not sure if their particular trade does a calendar.

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Patricia  Finlay's avatar

Lovely piece.

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Leah McLaren's avatar

thanks lovely x

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Pam Wilkinson's avatar

Are you back in the house with the purple door?

You mention being there for several years so I’m confused.

Great story as usual.👏👏

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Leah McLaren's avatar

Yes we're still in the black house with the purple door! We had to move out temporarily -- sorry for the confusion!

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Katie Hermant's avatar

Letting the sun in.. think you may be on the mend .

At least a bit.

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Leah McLaren's avatar

yes, the sun helps. mending in process. thanks Katie. x

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Kayti Christian's avatar

I really enjoyed reading this. You’re a fantastic writer. Also I never knew all of this about Eucalyptus trees - so interesting!

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Leah McLaren's avatar

how lovely of you to say so, thanks for reading!

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Bronwyn Atkinson's avatar

There is a tree surgeon calendar!

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Leah McLaren's avatar

SHHHHHHHSH!!!!

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Tony Nester's avatar

We cut some branches and used them to decorate my sons wedding venue.

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Leah McLaren's avatar

Stop! you're killing me!

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Tony Nester's avatar

Yes I’ve got one and I like to keep it clipped to manageable size but my wife wants to let it grow ,she’s sentimental about all things green.It’s a problem I’ll have to deal with in the future.

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Tony Nester's avatar

Just an after thought ..when I cycled solo from Perth to Melbourne I used to love the smell of eucalyptus trees in the morning.A solitary road with those trees gave me a high I will never forget .

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Leah McLaren's avatar

Maybe the eucalyptus is why I've felt like I've been cycling the road from Perth to Melbourne for years? GOODBYE TREE

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Leah McLaren's avatar

A problem for Future Tony. Don't rush it!

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Pieter de Bruin's avatar

I loved every word of this, and well timed too. We have a few problematic trees under discussion because they are busting up the foundations of the ramp to our ancient barn. I love trees, and these are pretty and strong and doing an amazing job growing out between the boulder sized granite block that hold up this part of the building. they have to go before they do more damage, but it’s been breaking my heart to come around to the fact. Your words have given me the courage to pull out the chainsaw. Or at least to pass it to Colin to do the real deed - he’s better with power tools.

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