The Return of the Medinas
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I’ve blogged before about a gentleman who, well, pretty much made a lot of the hardscape of the yard that I’ve had anything to do with… some of it was already here, put in by ‘Pup and a room mate. Sr. Medina put in our walkway (pictures tomorrow), a patio, and a couple of garden beds. We’d not seen much of him lately, as he’d had a full time job (or 2), and couldn’t come as often.
Today, he came to visit! His jobs are dwindling down, as the construction boom is fizzling out. He’s a hard worker, and I know he can work many younger men (like his sons) down to the ground.
Houston is lucky, in some areas, as we have both energy (as in oil and gas and alternatives), and the Medical Center as economy drivers. Both of those may slow down in a recession or depression, but they’re pretty much essential.
All those companies ‘Pup applied to, and was turned down for a job…..so many of them are just… gone. Eaten up by others, or in the case of AIG, imploded, some of those companies would have been very short and stressful. The mortgage companies around here are hurting as well, and one of our neighbors is losing her job as of Dec. 31. Merry Christmas, huh?
Sr. Medina will be coming back on Saturday to help us (finally!) get the new beds done. Right now, the soil is so wet, EVERYTHING is so wet, that we’ll have to hope for a little time for it to dry out, or not, as I’ve just heard on the news that some more rain is coming from the south…sigh.
I’m glad he’s coming. He’s always felt a bit…like he owned part of the garden. I guess he does. A lot of sweat and hard work went into things that have made it possible for me to keep gardening. Some of the things I’ve asked him to do, I didn’t have the Spanish to explain to him, so at times, he’d just do what I asked him to do until he figured it out. He learned to enjoy surprises.
Today, as he came into the back yard to look around… he just shook his head. Sigh, we’ve still got some construction debris from the fences and piles of materials for the new garden bed, and things need putting back together and trimming and arranging.
Gonna be a busy Saturday. Maybe it’ll act like a fat burner for me. I’ve still got some steroid puffiness to lose. One of the things the rheumatologist noticed about me is that I’ve got the almost typical “steroid” shaped face… kinda square, with puffy cheeks. Fortunately, the steroid shots he gives in my knees isn’t metabolized like the oral meds, so I can have them when I need them.
At least, that’s what I am hoping he’s saying.
