"The Day Of The Triffids" is a botanical monster movie about mutant hybrid thistle like plants that can walk and eat people who were blinded by a meteor shower
When we removed a 75 foot tall cottonwood tree, it freed up a lot of ground water
My tree, I was told, required thousands of gallons of ground water
Now that water fuels the return of an indigenous forest
New relentless green invaders that have laid dormant for many decades
After a very wet spring, unbelievable growth
We don't use sprays
Last year, I got up early to stay ahead of the encroachment
Then, this year, I realized it just keeps growing
It's out of control
And I realized that I haven't had a haircut since the 1980's
I see my neighbor's yards and my neighbors in general
The guys all have short hair
Yards are cut, trimmed, swept, watered
It's like they are taking care of a pet or even a child
What a waste of time
I shuddered and woke up a bit
Why give my yard a military haircut
I don't have a military haircut
What was I thinking?
To hell with it
Now my driveway and sidewalks have sideburns
My curbs have mustaches
All the buildings have beards
And my fence line is wearing a grass skirt
While the little volunteer fence trees wave their graceful branches on the breeze, like dancers seen at Waikiki
I still mow regularly
I probably trim a little, like I do my hair
Mustache, sideburns, beard combo
Spoiler allert, I am about to tell you how they killed the triffids in the movie
If you want to watch the movie, don't read anymore of this
But if you want to know:
The only thing that would kill the triffids was salt water, great, Kansas is hundreds of miles from the gulf
Looks like the yard, and I will just let our Freak Flag fly
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