Sponsor a tree - £1 a day
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Date: 22 August 2007 09:48:47
Put like that, it sounds reasonable enough to me. Especially when the tree in question is my beautiful old oak tree in a corner of my garden, the tree where the red squirrel comes to play, where the birds sit and sing, where the evening sun burns with a golden glow that lights the whole garden; the tree which has stood on that spot far longer than I have been alive, far longer than the builders who first built this bungalow. Who am I to begrudge my beautiful tree £1 a day (and steadily decreasing) ?
Mind you, it was a bit of a shock when I found out that my extension was going to cost an extra couple of thousand pounds because the foundations had to be... wait for it.... two and a half metres deep because of the tree roots! And Charlie was non-too-amused to find this seven foot hole waiting for him straight beneath his catflap either.
I came home from a trip to the mainland with my friend to find my hedge demolished (gently, though, in the hope that it will survive the stress and grow again once it's all over) and my garden resembling an archaeological dig (in which they managed to find the missing gardening gloves :D ) with a massive digger and a tipper truck.
Best news of the day - I get to have a go. I smiled sweetly at the digger driver and he said "Yes, if you want a go, just give us a shout - you can drive it if you like" Boy, will the Smudgelets be jealous when they get home. It'd be really nice, not only to have a go in a digger again but more to think that I've actually played a part in digging the foundations of part of our home. Something special in that.
