My daughter and her husband purchased five acres of land, lots of trees on it and a pond. There is an old house there, three sheds about to fall over, two old boats that might still float, an aluminum travel trailer that hasn’t traveled since 1998, and lots of work. She says she is feeling overwhelmed.
I remember when my husband and I were young and worked all day on weekends to clear land to build a house. I tell her that I don’t know how we did it. I can still clear brush and trim branches and find a yellow McCoy mouse cookie jar discarded in weeds. She too will find her surprises.
old abandoned house
still remnants of who was here
earth cycle passes
dVerse haibun prompt on surprises – the big surprise was that the cookie jar wasn’t broken
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