Friday, May 31, 2013

Summer Ritual


One pull of the cord and the lawn mower growled to life.  He nodded.  Yep, old reliable started right up after being stored all winter.

It looked like the rain would hold off just long enough for Ted to mown the lawn the first time in the new mowing season commonly known as summer.  All the rain for the last two weeks had produced a shaggy, unkempt lawn he couldn’t let go another day.

The purr of the engine mixed with the sweet smell of fresh cut grass evoking memories of his dad at the same task from his childhood.   

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