I had a Frankie Tail.
Worked on it for two days. Down
to the final draft. In walks Fate with its
gnarly teeth ready to bite me on the butt.
Accidental swipe of a thumb over the Touchpad and the whole thing
disappeared tagged by Mr Auto-Save.
That Frankie Tail was to be was no more.
It’s one of those things that can really ruin a whole
day. I pouted for a bit. Gave up on the pouting and went outside to
see what Frankie was doing.
Frankie is skulking around the yard looking for something to
eat. I step in front of Frankie. “Do something so I have something to write
about.”
Frankie ignores me and resuming his hunt for green
grass. There's been no green grass in his
yard since temperatures dipped down to 19ยบ F in January. Frankie isn’t having any luck finding good
grazing material.
It’s two o’clock
in the afternoon. It’s warm, partly
sunny. I have nothing else to do so I
decide to take Frankie for a walk in the neighborhood in quest of green grass.
Luckily our next door neighbor has winter rye growing in his
yard. Frankie spies the sweet green and immediately
he is all about getting there fast.
Courtesy dictates speaking in advance to a yard owner about
grazing Frankie on private grass so I am careful about keeping the Shelled
Wonder from going where he isn’t invited.
Southern Manners don’t stop Frankie.
Frankie is going for the green.
No keeping Frankie from green grass so I directed Frankie
off the main lawn and toward the grass easement between the sidewalk and the
road. Frankie was very thorough about
trimming all the long tufts of grass so by the time he finished the area it
looked as if it was visited by a professional lawn service.
As Frankie finished edging the grass another neighbor in
their car stopped to ask about Frankie. I
hadn’t met this neighbor yet as he travels a lot with his work. He said his wife had told him about the 100
pound tortoise that just moved across the street. He greatly admired how nicely Frankie had
trimmed up our neighbor’s front grass strip.
“Is Frankie exclusive to this lawn or can he come over and
mow my yard too?’
“Frankie would love to trim your yard too. He is especially good with weeds.”
“He is welcome over to our lawn anytime.”
Frankie Lawn Service has its official first customer.
