http://www.fosterruns.com/2007/09/leaden-legs/ Observations of an occasional runner Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:16:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fosterruns.com/2007/09/leaden-legs/comment-page-1/#comment-7 nigel Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:03:57 +0000 http://davidjfoster.info/runs/?p=41#comment-7 Hmm... scare the grass... I need to borrow something that'll do that... but seriously, Seattle "lawns are 5/3 moss and 2/3 weeds... and any grass that appears goes brown when summer arrives so as not to attract attention. Not that Seattle summer is noted for attracting attention. Ironically our next-door neighbors have just hired a team of "scarifiers" to replace all the "garden" with a jig-saw puzzle of stone slabs and some big lumps of heavy rock... presumably to prevent the paving from blowing away. It looks very stylish.. there's even one of those Japanese-style arches that are so beloved here. I'm impressed! My own efforts fell short... the moss carpet remains with the "British-style" kayak rack... for... well, dare I say British-style kayaks? The moss provides a soft landing! Hmm… scare the grass… I need to borrow something that’ll do that… but seriously, Seattle “lawns are 5/3 moss and 2/3 weeds… and any grass that appears goes brown when summer arrives so as not to attract attention. Not that Seattle summer is noted for attracting attention. Ironically our next-door neighbors have just hired a team of “scarifiers” to replace all the “garden” with a jig-saw puzzle of stone slabs and some big lumps of heavy rock… presumably to prevent the paving from blowing away. It looks very stylish.. there’s even one of those Japanese-style arches that are so beloved here. I’m impressed! My own efforts fell short… the moss carpet remains with the “British-style” kayak rack… for… well, dare I say British-style kayaks? The moss provides a soft landing!

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