Yard ornament
Long before we set up camp on this shoreline, somebody - either a person who lived here, or next-door - decided to create a permanent property marker.
Buried beneath this metal pole is what I estimate to be 2.5 cubic buttloads of concrete. I base this on our exertions trying to remove it, and upon the fact that it has stood through all the low-water/high-water cycles nature could dish out over 30 years.
Even though it’s been in the periphery of our vision for all that time we decided only this spring that it had to go. “Have at it,” said the man who lives on the other side of the property line.
So, over the weekend, Sharon and I dug and dug and dug. We pushed, pulled, kicked, cussed and cursed .... It barely budged.
Then we started thinking ... Maybe the person who worked so hard to make the marker permanent had a point; maybe it will prove to be an invaluable reference to a future property survey.
So, Sharon strapped a sunflower to it. We’ll call it a yard ornament.
