hurricane hugh

no, folks, we weren’t hit by a hurricane. bertha came and went and gave us barely more than an afternoon of rain. waves were the best so far this year, but still not a whole lot to write home about. this is the result of a more spontaneous endeavor.

it started something like this:

hugh: “k, honey, i’m just going to go out and finish cutting the grass in the backyard. i don’t have a whole lot so i’ll be back in a little bit.”

i was working on something on the computer and chatting with my sister and, though i did notice the lack of loud noise coming from the backyard, didn’t think too much of it.

just over an hour later, i’m off the phone and hungry so i walk into the kitchen for a snack and see this (definitely enlarge this pic):

wow!! i literally just stood there staring for probably close to a minute!

turns out that hugh did start cutting the grass, but was overcome with irritation at the infestation of brazilian pepper trees that we have (a major nuisance around here! the county will actually cut them down for free because they take over everything so quickly) that he decided to launch the initial attack. this is definitely only the beginning- these guys are not easy to kill; it takes drilling, poisoning…

until then, we have a ridiculous amount of "yard waste" that will hopefully be picked up tomorrow!