Yard of the Month

Mama was always proud of her yard when I was little.  The Members of the Women's Club were concerned about the tidiness and presentation of our quaint little Town.  Once a month the Yard of the Month Committee would cruise around town to select the award winning yard. They would place a rather primitive green and white stenciled sign the yard of the winner.  It read, “Yard of the Month.”  It was coveted by all the members.

They would take a picture of the woman of the house next to the sign which would then appear in the local Newspaper.  I’m sure our entire family toiled under the crackling tidiness whip for her to have that sign in our yard, however, there was never mention of such!  It was her YARD! Yards belonged to the Mamas back in the day!

This Dredges up the topic of edging which per Mama was the finishing touch to every winning yard.  As I began my own ‘Yard of the Month’ process today, I tried to figure out just how her edging was done to perfection?  Her tools were primitive to say the least yet it was always as straight as an arrow.  Pictured is her tool of the trade compared to mine.

When I admired my handy work today I realized this Apple had not fallen far from the Tree.  I could hear her say, “If the edging looks good no one will notice the middle but if the edging looks like a snake they will see a million things!”  I’m not getting a Yard of the Month sign but clearly as you can see I might be in the running!  If you are wondering, I did pass the sugar TODAY.  I rolled in the neighbor’s trash cans and blew off their driveway!