As you can tell from the picture, there was a bit of a breeze up there when Andy was burning some slash last Monday. He had to take periodic breaks to go inside to warm up.
Also notice there’s not much snow on the ground for this time of year. We’re still in the midst of a drought.
At the moment Andy is looking through fruit tree catalogs — he plans to plant 6 or 7 trees this spring. He asked me if I wanted him to plant a Gravenstein apple, remembering that they were one of my favorites when I was a kid. I asked him how many apples we got from the one he planted years ago. He said that wasn’t a fair question. The mice almost killed it and with his nurturing it struggled its way back to health. If it hadn’t been for the fire in 2011 he would have brought home one of its apples that year. (There were three on the tree and he was sure at least one would have made it.)
Hope springs eternal in spite of a few setbacks. What about you, are you persistent too? Do you think it’s ever possible for persistence to turn into foolishness?
Yes, sometimes it’s foolish to waste your time with persistence. 🙂
bikehikebabe,
Of course, it’s not a waste of time if you’re enjoying it. Andy loves growing trees in spite of all of the setbacks. And I’m spending hours looking at fonts and seeing how they’re used in graphic designs. I can’t think of a better use of my time right now. 🙂
If Andy weren’t already taken I’d fall in love with him just on grounds of that apple tree. That is so SWEET! One apple. Yes. Better than no apple. Where there is a tree there is hope.
Am I persistent? Oh, Jean. Insert sigh. Persistence is my middle name. Many a wild goose chase. Will I ever give up? Hell, no. Though, in fairness to myself, have learnt in the last few years that there is too much of a good thing. Had to learn that persistence may be self defeating. Tough lesson. Still, as the frog half way down the heron’s beak says: “Never EVER give up”. Gulp.
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I probably verge on being too persistent.
Because I sometimes get to the point of not being able to do it anymore.
not sure how to answer…depends on the matter in hand.
Ursula,
“Still, as the frog half way down the heron’s beak says: “Never EVER give up”. Gulp.” I love it! Thank you.
Evan,
In general I’d rather be too persistent than not persistent enough. If those were my only choices.
Cathy,
Yes, it depends. And it’s hard to know when to keep going and when to switch course.
When I’m persistent in the wrong thing… it saps my energy. Hello red flag!
Dixie,
Well said!
I don’t bang my head continuously on some thing if after a few tries it does not work. I move on to find something else more practical to do. This of course is not what would happen in relationships where I would give more time and opportunities before I gave up, but give up I would if it was leading no where.