Today I was greeted by this note on our front door:
If you can't read that, in summary it says "CUT YO GRASS"
At first I'm mad. Then I just laugh and decide to document the evidence as a warning to all of you who don't put yard maintanence first on your to-do list. This is the yard that warranted a "cut and maintain" notice.
Let's take a closer look at the evidence.
Could the citation have been decided based on the creepy over hanging curb grass?
Or was it this one grass guy who's just a little bit taller than the rest?
Or maybe it was the monkey grass jungle leading to the front door?
Apparently this was all the evidence they needed to to convict us of yard neglect. Who knows what would have happened if they had seen the BACKYARD BAMBOO FOREST!!!
Please believe me when I say that these bamboo stalks have shot up over the last three weeks. We recently tried to rescue the backyard and make it a doggy haven. So George fertilized, and de-leaved, and encouraged grass seedlings to grow. But what resulted was a forest of 12 foot tall bamboo.
Clearly, the enforcers did not peak into our backyard....but they totally should have looked next door! Can you even find the backyard amongst the overgrowth!?
In reviewing the evidence, I'm not so sure we should have been found guilty. What do y'all think?
Regardless, the enforcers should be REALLY happy we removed the dead stray cat from our bushes this morning, BEFORE they came to convict us.
Rest in Peace Marmalade kitty.
Ladies, if you ever need to get your husband to cut the grass, I have a suggestion...Call the police. Works every time.
3 comments:
Katers that's hilarious!! I actually had to break down and pay somebody to come cut my yard because my mower broke...and he yelled at me! He told me I waited entirely to long to have my grass cut and he would have to charge me extra because my grass is so thick it would clog up his machine! And he asked what happened to the front yard because it looked like somebody had hacked at it with a dull blade (that would be my attempt to cut the grass with a broken lawn mower).
Glad to know I'm not the only one in landscape hell!! I vote NOT GUILTY!
Oh my gosh! So not guilty! It's a good thing they don't give those citations around here because we would most certainly be evicted. Actually, can you be fined for lack of grass? Because our red clay runneth over. Regardless, I certainly share your yard woes!
I'm pretty sure that's a point for unincorporated Dekalb County...
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