You may recall that my darling FL decided to build a dam in the bog, in order to create a pond .From looking at this picture, you could be forgiven for thinking that he had succeeded.
Witness the brave captain, launching his rubber duckie!
Regrettably, I have to report that this is not the site of the dam, but the land adjacent to it.
FL employed a contractor to come in and cut the grass on the fields. He had hoped to sell it as
cattle feed, but it turned out to contain too many tansies... but I digress.
The tractor driver took the wrong turning at the foot of the hill and ended up "lairt" in the bog. He had to call home for assistance, and a second tractor travelled 12 miles across the Shire to pull him out.
The mud-churning which ensued created a rather effective pond, don't you think?!
You just gotta love the man!
8 comments:
At least he got a pond out of it :) I love rubber duckies, but we only have a shower at the minute so they live on the shelf below the mirror :)
Ashley x
Hey a pond's a pond and this one has a character island in the middle so the rubber duckie can hide from Hero. ;D
That rubber duckie is the making of the pond! :-)
(I really like your self-drafted red top too, very stylish!)
How exciting! ;) My brother spent a few summers working on my uncle's farm when he was a teenager and managed some stupendously impressive (or possibly idiotic) feats with the tractor.
The duckie looks supremely happy, and so does FL :)
Hehe...a pond is a pond!
Very sweet photo of FL!
WOW, I love it! Some of the most amazing things result from accidents, don't ya think? Even people.;o) I once had an 80 thousand GVW, tri-axle dump truck fall through my driveway right next to the house. (who knew there was a hollow, brick drywell under there.) I got an eye roll, slumped shoulders, and an exasperated look from Tim when I called him home but I sure didn't score a pond outta the deal.
Denise
Sure and it's wet, isn't it? This fall the real ducks will stop by and prove it IS a pond!
Fingers crossed, a week later and the pond is still there. Unfortunately it also has a film of diesel over the top, so we might have to skim that off if we don't want to poison our ducks!
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