MikeUSMC said:
Being able to tell people to "Get the f**k off of my lawn!" is a great feeling too
Maybe that's just me being crotchety at the ripe old age of 36 though
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Ha, yeah! Since some time last year, my wife (who is home with the kids) has noticed a Chinese woman (relevant later to the story) walking by my house, onto my lawn, and peering into my garden. It's all in the front yard (about 36 beds), I get negligible backyard sun. I've been a bit p!ssed about it, thinking she'd try to harvest something or, God forbid, she tried to check out my beehives just yards away, gets stung, etc. I told her to let out the dog next time, my wife said no, blah blah blah.
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A few weeks ago, I took a day off work to garden. A van pulls over and out hops this woman and, I presume, her father. The man could speak no English but he was amazed at what I was growing. Going nuts over onions and garlic. His daughter could speak some English and we got on ok (she had no clue what a "pepper" was - how unfortunate!). I wound up giving them a bunch of tomato plants and surplus purple bunching onions that had been in one of my beds for years. They were incredibly grateful.
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Now, when they drive by, we wave. I haven't seen her walk by in a while, but in hindsight, even if I had said eff off way back when, it probably wouldn't have sunk in