[Glenn]

Thanks Gordon,

When I go to get my mail the Neighbors Dog
-across the street- often comes out to Bark at me.

She loves to have her neck scratched.

And that is how I met the neighbor who makes ME LOOK BAD
because he sweeps leaves and Dirt off his Driveway with a rake
and then a BROOM and DUSTPAN.

OMG.

ME? I Wait for Rain and wind to Scour the dirt
off of my Drive.

ONE DAY Last week -
Tom was Complaining about Tree Limbs Falling in his yard.

Showed me a Locust Limb a foot thick and 10 feet long
that he - at age 70 - couldn't pick up.

I Asked His Permission. Then went and got my ax.
Cut it into 4 pieces.

ASKED his permission to Take the logs away and Burn them
to heat my house. (HA! Odd, but I am burning one of his Locust Chunks as I write this.)

AND

This is so funny.

We spent MORE TIME Carrying the wood chips
That flew everywhere From my Ax-Work - on his manicured Lawn - off to a corner. Than I did cutting up the Big Tree Branch.

Not kidding.

His lawn is like the green Felt on a Pool Table.

So.

I BARTERED The Service of Cutting And Removing
an UGLY Tree Limb that Damaged the LOOK of his Pristine
Golf-Course-Like-Lawn

for...

WAIT for it...

You'll NEVER Guess.

***Tom gave me a ONE HOUR Guided Tour of his Entire House.***

(EDITORS NOTE - Folks out here in the Country are very Stand-Offish.
So this is a Minor Miracle.)

Bedrooms, Bathrooms, His office, the wife's office.

All his carpentry work and improvements and photos. Added rooms.
Vaulted ceilings. Fake fireplace. And Tons of Photos.

***Tom used to Compete in SteepleChase Horse Races
across country - in 3 states.

***And often chased Foxes behind the hounds.

In MY OPINION it takes a Real WILD MAN
to run up to a 5 foot fence - on top of a Huge Horse
and JUMP it.

Over and over again. Across rough country-side.

I didn't KNOW this about him.

Anyway.

This has completely TRANSFORMED out Nodding
Only - Relationship. To smiles, waves and Story Swapping.

Thanks,
Glenn